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Worsening conditions for FTBs

Conditions for first-time buyers have continued to worsen, according to research from RBS. The ability...

HML appoints CFO

Nick Bedford has joined HML as chief financial officer. Bedford joins after 10 years with...

AMI hits out at FSA over fees

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has criticised the FSA over its latest fees...

NACFB Expo supports Action Against Cancer

The NACFB will be supporting the Action Against Cancer charity at its third Commercial...

Virgin Money revises interest-only policy

Virgin Money has amended its policy on interest-only residential mortgage lending and will now...

Scottish housing market remains flat

In the three months ending April 2012, Lloyds TSB Scotland's quarterly price index for...

Blacks launches intermediary service

Blacks LLP has launched Blacks Connect, a conveyancing service "dedicated" to mortgage intermediaries. Blacks already...

The Leeds unveils new shared ownership deal

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new shared ownership mortgage product for first...

House prices remain stable

House prices are 0.7% lower than one year ago, the Nationwide Building Society has...

Mutuals’ lending and approvals increase in April

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders increased 23% in April...

Metro Money Zone to help with financial education in London schools

Metro Bank has launched a free financial education programme for primary schools following a...

Adviser fined over sale of non-mainstream investments

The FSA has fined Patrick Francis O’Donnell of P3 Wealth Management Limited £60,000 for...

Precise Mortgages added to TMP panel

Precise Mortgages has joined The Mortgage Partnership’s lender panel. It is now offering access...

SBG unveils new risk profiling tool for advisers

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has introduced a new risk profiling tool for advisers in...

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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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