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Uncertainty boosting 5,6,7 demand for the Chelsea

The Chelsea Building Society has reported "strong demand" for longer-term fixed rate mortgages in...

Lighthouse moves over to MortgageBrain

Lighthouse Group plc has adopted MortgageBrain as its preferred sourcing solution for its advisers. Lighthouse’s...

Assurant Intermediary unveils legal expenses cover

Assurant Intermediary has added legal expenses cover to its general insurance product range. The new...

BDM promotion at Aldermore

Aldermore Asset Finance has promoted Linda Hide to the position of business development manager...

Encouraging signs from wannabe first-time buyers

The proportion of intending home-buyers over the next 12 months who will be purchasing...

Growing intermediary interest in Funding Circle proposition

Funding Circle says it has been "inundated" with broker enquiries on its small business...

Key appointments at OneSavings Bank

April Talintyre has been appointed to the board of OneSavings Bank plc as finance...

Barclays chairman victim of Libor scandal

Marcus Agius has announced his resignation as chairman of Barclays in the midst of...

TMW Online service update

The Mortgage Works' (TMW) online service will be unavailable for large parts of the...

Metro Bank unveils intermediary mortgage proposition

Metro Bank is to pilot intermediary distribution for its residential mortgages. The pilot is with...

Scottish economy struggles to grow

The Scottish economy is stagnating, Lloyds TSB has warned. According to its latest Lloyds TSB...

AFI raises LTV ceiling on five-year fixes

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has increased the loan to value (LTV) on its five-year...

Four banks mis-sold hedging products to SMEs

The FSA has found serious failings in the sale of interest rate hedging products...

Shawbrook Bank hires business development duo

Shawbrook Bank has recruited two former Commercial First employees. Tom Clark and Sarah Woolf have...

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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