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Equity release being used to fund interest-only shortfall

UK equity release broker, Responsible Equity Release, says that over a third of its...

Portillion retreats on FSA application

The Board at Portillion has confirmed that its application to the FSA for a...

TBMC unveils new buy-to-let exclusive

TBMC has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage with Kent Reliance. The initial rate is 4.79%,...

Exact wins mutual servicing deal

Exact has won a contract to service mortgages for an undisclosed mutual lender with...

Assurant Intermediary improves online broker POS system

Assurant Intermediary has made a number of changes with the aim to increase the...

HML appoints strategic sales director

Richard Johnston has been appointed strategic sales director at HML. He will have responsibility for...

Improved results for the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society increased its share of the UK mortgage market last year. Its...

SHIP appoints new chairman

SHIP, the trade body for equity release, has appointed Nigel Waterson as chairman. Waterson...

Letting agent gains Edexcel status

A private lettings agent has become the first property company in the UK to...

Huge concern over open-ended liability

87% of advisers support calls to introduce a 'long-stop' for the financial advice profession,...

Aegon improves critical illness position

Aegon says it paid 93% of all individual protection critical illness (CI) claims in...

MAB reports rise in pre-tax profits

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has reported a group pre-tax profit of £1.9 million for...

Scottish Provident paid out 91% of CI claims in 2011

Scottish Provident paid out £90 million to critical illness policyholders last year. During 91% of...

Scottish house prices continue to fall

The average price of a house in Scotland fell, on a seasonally adjusted basis,...

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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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