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Sizeable investment for 1st Group

The 1st Group has garnered a six-figure equity investment from FW Capital in order...

Leeds’ members donate £10,000

Leeds Building Society has made a £10,000 donation to Andrew Gale, Yorkshire County Cricket...

Welsh first-time buyers struggle

Transactions in Wales during March were 5% lower than normal. The latest LSL Property...

Paragon reports increase in profits

The Paragon Group of Companies plc has reported its results for the first half...

2% move because of the neighbours

Rightmove has calculated that over 17,000 house sellers will be moving home this year...

House prices little changed from start of 2011

UK house prices in March 2012 were 0.4% lower than a year earlier, according...

The Coventry unveils capped tracker deal for buy-to-let

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a buy-to-let capped tracker product. It is priced at Bank...

Aldermore speeds up completions

Aldermore has completed deals more quickly than ever recently, largely due to title insurance. ...

Brits want tougher payday loan regulation

68% of the British population want stricter regulation on advertising of payday loans, according...

New direct deals from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has today launched two new direct mortgages. Key Product Details: Two-year...

Bridging market worth over £1bn

The value of the bridging loan industry has broken the £1 billion barrier for...

Sesame agrees long term deal with Mortgage Brain

Sesame Bankhall Group has selected MortgageBrain sourcing and the Key point of sale system...

New head of analytics for HML

Emma Smeaton has joined financial outsourcer HML to head up the development of its...

Crown Mortgage Management appoints CIO

Crown Mortgage Management has announced its appointment of Sue Ross as chief information officer...

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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