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Two arrested in FSA investigation

The FSA has moved against two unauthorised 'advisers'. The pair are suspected of providing financial...

L&G makes senior appointment

Legal & General Savings has appointed Allison Crawford in the new role of direct...

Welsh house prices to be down 2.5%, new index predicts

The inaugural LSL/Acadametrics Wales House Price Index has reported that, on a monthly basis,...

Growth predicted in Scottish bridging market

A poll of Scottish brokers conducted by Precise Mortgages suggests there is optimism over...

Estate agent falls foul of the ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that an estate agent made misleading claims...

UK flatsharers pay more than rest of Europe

The UK is the most expensive country in Western Europe for flatsharers, according to...

Asking prices being discounted by £20k

Property website Zoopla.co.uk has claimed the the average discount off the original asking price...

Aldermore 100% deal available through Mortgage Intelligence & Countrywide

Mortgage Intelligence and Countrywide have launched Aldermore's 100% Family Guarantor product to their members. The...

The Leeds cuts rate on 10-year fix

Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its 10-year fixed rate mortgage by...

Gilsenan to join Omni Capital

Omni Capital has announced the appointment of Martin Gilsenan as its new director of...

The power of the brand

Brands should survive post-acqusition, writes David Hesketh, group M&A manager at Perspective Financial Group...

Further labour market improvement in Scotland

The latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs has indicated a further improvement in...

Paragon posts £81m pretax profit

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported an increase in pre-tax profits of 12.5%...

Platform increased BTL lending tenfold

Platform has increased its buy-to-let lending by over 10 times since last year. The intermediary...

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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