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Increase in number of &’trapped renters’

The gap between rental demand, as measured by search activity, and supply, measured by...

Million pound property sales back to boom levels

Lloyds TSB has established that the number of property sales worth at least a...

TMW makes changes to residential range

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is to make a number of changes to its residential...

Drop in second charge lending

There was a slight increase in consumer credit lending in August, but the Finance...

Stockton and Turner in marathon appeal

Countrywide's Nigel Stockton and Grenville Turner are to run the New York marathon for...

Brokers need to help with due diligence

Mortgage introducers must help to satisfy lenders' growing appetite for due diligence across the...

Regional house price gap is widening, says AMI

According to the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries' (AMI) latest Quarterly Economic Bulletin, the regional...

FTBs still struggling for finance despite LTV improvements: IMLA

73% of intermediaries were unable to secure a mortgage for at least one of...

Confidence weakens further in September

Consumer confidence continued its downward trajectory in September, with the main index recording its...

AIFA calls more more thought over Financial Services Bill

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has warned that the Financial Services Bill...

Yorkshire doubts 25-year mortgage interest

The Yorkshire Building Society has expressed doubt over possible popularity for longer-term fixed rates. The...

The Saffron cuts rate on Brightstar BTL deal

Saffron Building Society has reduced the fee on its buy-to-let product, exclusive to Brightstar...

Ratings upgrade for Crown Mortgage Management

Crown Mortgage Management has had its servicer rating upgraded by Fitch Ratings to 3+...

Gross mortgage lending down slightly

Gross mortgage lending totalled an estimated £12.9 billion in September, according to the latest...

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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