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Equity release advisers positive about 2012

Equity release advisers are confident about the growth prospects for the sector this year,...

Zoopla to raise money for Shelter

Zoopla says it is committed to raise at least £25,000 for the national housing...

Precise claims interest rate savings

Precise Mortgages has claimed that bridging borrowers could save money by using them over...

Features and benefits – not price – to boosts GI sales

Increasing competition in the home insurance market and rising consumer confidence in buying cover...

Paragon acquires more RBS loans

The Paragon Group of Companies has acquired further unsecured consumer loans from The Royal...

Promise to provide satellite packaging for Equifinance

Promise Solutions has signed up up its first satellite packager for Equifinance. Following the unveiling...

Home insurance premiums up nearly 4% last year

The cost of a combined home contents and buildings insurance policy increased by 3.69%...

Active members get access to Stonebridge panel

Stonebridge Group has embarked upon a new strategic relationship with mortgage club Active Lending...

Santander slashes maximum interest-only LTV to 50%

Santander is cutting the maximum LTV on its residential mortgages where any loan part...

Move with us unveils mobile website

Move with Us has launched a mobile-friendly website product for its network of estate...

January best yet for peer-to-peer lender

Online peer-to-peer lender Zopa has reported that January 2012 was its biggest month ever. Zopa...

Tenet advisers select top providers

Partnership won the title of 'Provider of the Year' at the recent Tenet Group...

SHIP backs social care report

The Health Select Committee has published its Report on Social Care. Equity release trade body...

Santander makes corporate appointment for Thames Valley

Santander Corporate Banking has appointed Cheryl Adams to the role of regional director 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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