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Equity release for home improvement piloted

Just Retirement is to pilot an equity release service with home improvement agency Foundations. Over...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks in fee-free move

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks will offer a fee-free mortgage offer from 11 June. The Banks...

Connect Group targets new areas with appointments

The Connect Group has launched a new buy-to-let and bridging service aimed exclusively at...

Osborne mustn’t buckle over banks, says Which?

Which? has urged Chancellor George Osborne to stand firm in the face of "intense...

Surrey tops most valuable homes table

Surrey’s homes are the most valuable in the UK’s at £288 billion, according to...

‘Squeezed middle’ struggling to make ends meet

Over half of Just Retirement Solutions' customers seeking advice on equity release were failing...

Appointment made to replace Sants at FPC

The Treasury has announced that Andrew Bailey is to be appointed to the interim...

Zoopla-Digital Property Group merger finalised

The merger between Zoopla Ltd and The Digital Property Group Ltd has completed. The...

The Teachers adds feature following broker feedback

Teachers Building Society has introduced an option to add arrangement fees to the mortgage. ...

Prime Choice Mortgages’ permissions cancelled

The FSA has today cancelled Prime Choice Mortgages Limited’s Part IV permission. This is because...

Late payment still concerning businesses

UK businesses are tightening up their cash and credit control procedures in a bid...

Brits confused over home insurance cover

16% believe that home maintenance is covered under their home insurance policy, according to...

Majority disagree with IMF’s proposed bank rate cut

60% of people surveyed by MoneySupermarket.com are against a cut to the base rate. This...

HMRC crackdown on property transaction tax evasion

A new taskforce to tackle tax evasion on property transactions has been set up...

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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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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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