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Bridging lending ‘back on track’

Quarterly gross lending in the bridging sector increased by 14% from £348 million in...

The Leeds once again to support Samaritan’s Xmas appeal

Leeds Building Society is again supporting the Samaritan’s Purse Operations Christmas Child appeal. This...

Pensioners turning to credit cards

The average pensioner with debt taking out an equity release plan on the value...

Long road ahead for UK commercial real estate

Britain's commercial real estate market will not return to pre-crisis levels until 2023, having...

Growth in mutual mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £2.5 billion in...

Connect sees rising demand for non-regulated proposition

Connect Mortgage Club has concluded that the increase in demand for its non-regulated offering...

SMEs remain confident about their prospects

Small and medium sized businesses are anticipating growth during the year ahead, as a...

New equity release plan from More 2 Life

Over 100,000 over-65s are still paying off mortgages, according to new research from More...

Vertex appointed as standby servicer by bank

Vertex Financial Services has been appointed by a high street bank as standby servicer...

Kevin Jones joins InterBay

InterBay Commercial has appointed Kevin Jones as its sales and marketing director. Jones...

Select & Protect joins Paradigm GI panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has embarked upon a strategic partnership with Select & Protect whereby...

The Leeds extends BTL fix

Leeds Building Society has extended its fixed rate buy-to-let deal, at 5.99% for two...

New mainstream deals from Platform

Platform will tomorrow refresh its mainstream product range, with rate reductions of up to...

Brits more confident about house price rises

More Britons expect house prices to rise than fall over the coming 12 months,...

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Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

Together expands intermediary sales team with two senior appointments

Together has strengthened its intermediary division with the appointment of two experienced industry figures,...

JammJar sets out Winter26 platform changes ahead of live launch

JammJar has outlined new functionality coming to its Winter26 platform update ahead of a...

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