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Sesame offers Northern Rock exclusives

Two new Northern Rock fixed rate exclusive mortgage products are now available to appointed...

Paradigm to unveil investment proposition

Paradigm Group is to launch a new investment management business. The financial services business...

Valuations on the up last month

In September, the total number of residential valuations conducted by Connells Survey & Valuation...

HSBC withdraws Shari’ah compliant offering

HSBC Group is to cease offering Shari'ah compliant products and services in the UK. This...

Second charge brokers to benefit from interest-only demise

The continuing squeeze on interest-only customers means they need brokers more than ever to...

Homeowners attracted by downsizing possibilities

51% of potential homemovers are looking to ‘downsize' within the next three years, compared...

Bibby Financial Services moves into Singapore

Bibby Financial Services (BFS) is expanding its presence in Asia Pacific with the opening...

Aegon introduces servicing team for gender directive

Aegon has established a dedicated pipeline servicing team to assist advisers ensure they secure...

Interest-only to become niche product?

Nationwide Building Society has become the latest lender to pull out of interest-only for...

Positive Lending behind complex bridge with UTB

Positive Lending has completed a multi million pound bridging loan with United Trust Bank. The...

Tenant arrears position improving

There has been an improvement in numbers of tenants in severe arrears, according to...

Financial training improves lower income households

British families in social housing could be better off to the tune of £36...

Bank Rate and QE remain unchanged

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to keep the Bank...

TBMC unveils 2-year BTL fix up to 75% LTV

TBMC is offering a new two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage, funded by the Skipton...

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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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Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

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