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Fall in Welsh house prices

The average house price in Wales was £500 lower in June than in May;...

Rise in secured loan lending

Secured loan lending in July broke the £30 million for the first time since...

Accord adds three-year deals to offering

Accord Mortgages has added a number of 75% LTV three year fixed mortgages to...

The Yorkshire cuts rates – on direct deals

Yorkshire Building Society has cut all of its 75% LTV and 85% LTV fixed...

miLoan passes eight figure milestone

Y3S’s secured and bridging loan sourcing system has achieved £10 million in loan completions...

21 firms in default, says FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared 21 firms in default, meaning consumers...

The Leeds reduces rate on two-year fix

The Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage...

Landlords upbeat about student lettings market

76% of landlords who let to students think that demand for property is either...

Zoopla backs Baggies’ foundation

Zoopla.co.uk is to become the main sponsor of the Albion Foundation, as well as...

Brightstar claims “cheapest bridging deal” in UK

Brightstar Financial has launched a new bridging facility via the Saffron Building Society. Under the...

Rise in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending last month rose to £12.7 billion, according to estimates from the...

New 80% BTL exclusive for TBMC

TBMC is now offering a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Leeds Building Society. It is...

Olympics hits asking prices

Numbers of new sellers coming to market in August were marginally up on the...

Triple boost from Fitch for HML

Fitch has upgraded HML’s Special Servicer rating to RSS2. It has also assigned an RPS2...

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...

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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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