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Connect Overseas offers foreign mortgage plug-in

Connect Overseas is offering a free website 'plug in' for brokers which enables them...

Borro&’039s US operation breaks $1m barrier

Borro has lent over $1 million to individuals and small business owners in need...

Brokers report positive Q1

Intermediaries have reported on a successful first quarter of the year, with increases in...

Government creates new board to uncover scams

New proposals to make the Citizens Advice service a champion for consumer information across...

Rebrand for Carolina Capital

Carolina Capital has rebranded to Creative Money following a management buy-out. Richard Connolly, CEO of...

Paragon acquires further RBS loans

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired further unsecured consumer loans, through its Idem...

V Loans boosts underwriting capability

Frances Ravenhill has joined the V Loans' underwriting team. She will be based in the...

Brokers urged to tackle leaseholder underinsurance

Berkeley Alexander is urging brokers to speak to leaseholders of a flat about the...

New fixes from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched two new fixed rate mortgages. The rate on the five--year...

Rental market growth highlighted by Experian

There were 58,000 extra properties being marketed to rent in 2011 compared to the...

Small business owners&’039 self-sacrifice revealed

One in 10 small business owners have remortgaged their own homes to free up...

Opportunity knocks from rising SVRs

There are many reasons behind the increase in SVRs, writes Phil Whitehouse, chief executive...

Paymentshield to improve broker proposition

Paymentshield has claimed it will be investing over £2 million this year to improve...

Service most important quality to bridging brokers

38% of brokers value great service above all other qualities when selecting lenders for...

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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