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Mortgage payments best for a decade

Monthly mortgage payments in 2011 were the most affordable for 10 years, according to...

Santander hire to oversee RBS branch integration

Santander UK has appointed Martin Bischoff to the newly created position of director of...

Woeful savings situation for many

28% of households have less than £250 in accessible savings, while six million UK...

Subdued expectations for housing market

Chartered surveyors have reported that sales activity remained relatively firm during December. Meanwhile, an increasing...

New Virgin Money team revealed

The Virgin Money board and executive team have been announced today, following the completion...

Seasonal slowdown not as bad as in previous years

Mortgage market activity in the final quarter of 2011 outstripped activity a year ago,...

New FSCS chairman appointed

The FSA has announced the appointment of Lawrence Churchill CBE as the new chairman...

Enness seeks high net worth top spot

Enness Private Clients is aiming to broaden its high net worth offering in 2012. The...

Tiuta offers brokers a post-redemption initiative

Bridging lender Tiuta PLC has unveiled a new 'cashback incentive'. Brokers and introducers will be...

Aldermore beefs up buy-to-let proposition

Aldermore has raised the maximum LTV to 80% on its range of residential buy-to-let...

Rosy long-term future for advice

The need for 360-degree advice is becoming ever greater, argues David Hesketh, group M&A...

Viva Espa&ntildea

Despite the doom and gloom, there are still opportunities in the Spanish mortgage market,...

Shawbrook Bank unveils commercial mortgage hub

Shawbrook Bank has launched an online hub for its commercial mortgage brokers. Through the hub,...

Cross-selling on the rise

Look out for more talk on regulation in 2012 and an increased focus on...

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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