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Young homeowners defaulting to mortgage providers’ insurance

40% of mortgage holders under 34 years old have their home buildings insurance with...

Darlington boss mentors Young Enterprise entrants

Darlington Building Society chief executive David Dodd has helped mentor a group of young...

‘Generation rent’ still aspire to buy

12 months on from the launch of its Save to Buy scheme for first...

AIFA urges adviser response to consultation paper

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has called on advisers to respond to...

Friends Life introduces microsite

Friends Life has launched a new microsite connecting advisers to information on the services...

New Practitioner Panel chairman appointed

Joe Garner has been appointed chairman of the Financial Services Practitioner Panel, with effect...

Sherwins transfers to MAB New Homes Network

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) New Homes Network has completed the transfer of Sherwins...

Barclays to mop up customers with rate cuts, says uSwitch

Barclays has cut the majority of its two year fixed rates mortgages by up...

SHIP rebrands and widens membership

Equity release trade body SHIP has expanded its membership to include intermediaries, lawyers, surveyors...

New four-year deal from Nationwide

Nationwide has launched a new four-year Flexclusive fixed rate mortgage for both homebuyers and...

Expo: FSA not looking to ban interest-only

The FSA has explicitly stated it has no intention of banning interest-only mortgage products. ...

Precise claims its borrower saved £103k

Precise Mortgage has completed on a bridging loan for £5.9 million and subsequently claims...

Move with Us joins forces with RAM

Move with Us has partnered with RAM, the Residential Asset Management company, to launch...

Scottish Provident boosts CI offering

Scottish Provident has announced a series of what it calls ’product boosters’ across its...

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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