News

Unsurprising fall in transactions

Transactions plummet by 18% in April following the end of the stamp duty holiday,...

Lowest FTB approval levels for nine months

Mortgage approvals for first time buyers fell to their lowest level for nine months...

UpMyStreet.com bought by Zoopla

Zoopla.co.uk has acquired UpMyStreet.com for an undisclosed sum. Launched in 1998, UpMyStreet.com was one...

L&G reveals new CEO

Dr. Nigel Wilson is to replace Tim Breedon as group chief executive of Legal...

Consumer confidence remains fragile

Nationwide Building Society has reported a fall in consumer confidence last month. The main...

Group risk advisers look to auto-enrolment

72% of advisers dealing with group risk believe that auto-enrolment will present them with...

Keystone appoints business manager

Steve Simpson has been appointed as business manager for Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages. ...

Buy-to-let lending down 5% on previous quarter

New buy-to-let lending in the first quarter of 2012 totalled £3.7 billion (32,300 loans),...

AFI makes changes to criteria

Abbey for Intermediaries is tomorrow (11 May) introducing a minimum loan size of £25,000...

New business growth for Scot Prov & Bright Grey

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have reported a rise in new business of 45%...

Bank Rate held once again

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted for no...

BSA worried over unintended consequences of regulation

The outgoing chairman of the Building Societies Association (BSA) says consumers will face increasing...

£2.9bn knocked off asking prices

The number of properties for sale in Britain that have been reduced in price...

Promise for extra commission on large secured loans

Promise Solutions says it is paying introducers an extra £300 on larger loan referrals...

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...

Latest news

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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