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Government closes property tax avoidance scheme

The government has shut down a what it has dubbed a "contrived and aggressive""...

£30 average daily bill: MetLife

The average person needs £29.40 to get through a day to meet all their...

BancTec solution adopted by BuildStore

BuildStore Financial Services has chosen to implement BancTec's eFIRST Origin platform within its advisory...

One-fifth of over-55s still have a mortgage

20% of the UK's over-55s still have an outstanding mortgage balance, Aviva has established....

New tracker range from N&P

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has introduced a new range of tracker mortgages. For...

Connaught Asset Management suspends fund activity

Connaught Asset Management has "temporarily"" suspended applications into

90%+ LTV accounts for 2% of lending: FSA

The total value of outstanding loans at the end of the fourth quarter of...

Rise in lending against gold for borro

Borro has reported a large rise in borrowing against Asian gold. The average loan value...

Mortgage activity &’039defying expectations&’039

House prices are stabilising because of a rise in the number of mortgage applications...

January lending followed seasonal pattern: CML

There was a fall in both house purchase and remortgage in January, the Council...

Lead Co-op unveils PMI service

Lead Co-op has launched Private Medical Insurance leads. Intermediaries using Lead Co-op can now purchase...

BIBA warns Osborne against taxing protection in Budget

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) wants risk management and insurance protection to be...

Rise in house price optimism

Chartered surveyors have reported that expectations for future house prices were more optimistic during...

Tenet debunks post-RDR cost view

Tenet has stated that not only is it not as onerous to maintain an...

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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