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CDS to use Twitter for product change alerts

Client Data Systems (CDS) Group has launched a new twitter account that tells brokers...

Banks&’039 mortgage lending outstrips total market

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that the annual growth of 1.2% in...

Decline in consumer confidence

Consumer confidence slipped back in February, according to the latest Consumer Confidence Index from...

New debt management guidance published by OFT

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published revised guidance on the standards it...

NatWest IS pulls interest-only

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has temporarily withdrawn its interest-only option. A spokesman for NatWest Intermediary Solutions...

Equity release report urges greater government assistance

The government has been called upon to provide greater support for equity release to...

MortgageStream acquisition completed by Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain has completed the acquisition of point-of-sale and case management system provider, MortgageStream. MortgageStream's...

Assurant Intermediary unveils new B&C product

Assurant Intermediary has launched a new residential buildings and contents product. It is available exclusively...

Lloyds to create 500 new Verde jobs

Lloyds Banking Group is to create around 500 new roles in its Verde business. Verde...

Budget 2012 – All the headlines!

&ltstrong&gtOsborne:&lt/strong&gt "This budget rewards work.""

Coventry slashes interest-only maximum LTV

The Coventry Building Society has become the latest mortgage lender to tighten its interest-only...

NACFB gains another patron

Montello Bridging Finance has become a patron of the National Association of Commercial Finance...

L&G outlines School of Excellence programmes

Legal & General Network has published details of its School of Excellence training programmes...

£15.5k deposit gap for 75% LTV FTB

First time buyers looking to secure a 75% LTV mortgage on an average first-time...

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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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