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Ageas Protection claims a protection market first

Ageas Protect has introduced product labelling - a first for the protection industry, it...

Sesame Bankhall Group unveils new training and development service

Sesame Bankhall Group has launched a new online learning management system. The new My Learning...

Vast majority happy to buy home insurance without advice

85% of consumers are comfortable with researching and buying home insurance online without professional...

Co-op current account members offered new five-year fix

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new five-year fixed mortgage. It is only available to...

Buy-to-let fuels bridging boom

Bridging lender West One has claimed that gross lending in bridging finance this year...

Remortgage fixed rates remain cheap

The average interest rate of purchase and remortgages applied for by Countrywide Group's customers...

Two appointments at Keelan Westall

Commercial and residential property insurance brokers Keelan Westall has announced the promotion of Caroline...

Gilt yields good for equity release redemptions: More 2 Life

More 2 Life has claimed that equity release customers are to avoid early redemption...

Openwork to hold mortgage, protection and GI roadshows

Openwork is hosting a series of mortgage, protection and general insurance road shows across...

TrigoldCrystal broker sites get secured loan sourcing via Y3S

Y3S Group has unveiled a new online portal for brokers which can be added...

Rethink urged over commercial property tax calculations

The British Property Federation (BPF) has called on the government to change the method...

Furnished holiday let owners urged to check tax status

Around £1 billion of tax rebates through capital allowances on furnished holiday lets (FHLs)...

CML issues new guidance on arrears and possessions

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published new guidance to help lenders deal...

Mayfair Bridging makes board-level appointment

Mayfair Bridging has appointed Colin Ranshaw to the board of directors. He has previously been...

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Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

Stability is not a slowdown; it’s exactly what the bridging market needs

So, according to the recent Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA) figures, bridging completions fell in Q2. Cue the usual hand-wringing. The headlines landed, the...

The rise of the silver pound

UK house prices may have cooled from their peak, but affordability pressures remain acute. Even with recent adjustments to interest rates, rising property values have...

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Phoebus strengthens client assurance with SOC 2 Type II attestation

Phoebus Software has completed its Service Organisation Control (SOC) 2 Type II attestation, an...

Most landlords unaware who the housing minister is

The majority of landlords remain in the dark about who currently serves as housing...

Lakeshield unveils seven-day residential bridging loan

Specialist short-term lender Lakeshield has launched a new residential bridging product promising completion in...

Time Finance provides £450k facility for waste management expansion

SoilEx, an environmental construction waste management specialist based in Harpenden, has secured a £450,000...