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Decline in the cost of buying a home

The cost of buying a home is now almost a fifth lower than renting,...

Complete to host alternative Ryder Cup

Complete FS is holding its own Ryder Cup challenge between two teams drawn from...

Mortgage market slipping back to “dismal levels” of 2010/11

House purchase loans in August fell 8% year-on-year to 48,913, according to the latest...

Slight rise in asking prices

The latest LSL Acad England & Wales House Price Index shows a marginal rise...

Fall in prime property values

Prices of the UK's most expensive homes have fallen for the second month in...

Paragon appoints new non-exec

Fiona Clutterbuck has joined the board of the Paragon Group of Companies as a...

Seven-year deal and rate cuts from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has announced the launch of a new seven-year, no product fee mortgage...

Promise adds unsecured lender to panel

Promise Solutions has added another lender to its introducer panel. The latest addition is unsecured...

Connells adds insurance element to AVS product

Connells Asset Management has launched AVS Fresh Start. The firm, part of the Connells...

ERSA joins Equity Release Council

The Equity Release Solicitors Alliance (ERSA) and the seven individual member firms have announced...

People looking to improve rather than move

Homeowners are increasingly choosing to improve their existing property rather than move home, according...

Shawbrook overhauls product range

Shawbrook Bank has added 13 new commercial mortgages for the property investment and trading...

Record profits for PruProtect

Protection provider PruProtect has posted record results for the financial year to 30 June...

Home movers behind lending rise

An increase in lending to home movers was the key reason behind an increase...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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