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Nationwide publishes FTB guide on smartphones and tablets

Nationwide is re-launching its interactive and independent First Time Buyers' Guide as a smartphone...

CCCS pleased with Cameron&’039s debt call

National debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has welcomed the spotlight thrown by...

New tracker range from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of tracker mortgages, with a range...

Openwork overhauls distribution support facility

Openwork is restructuring its distribution support functions to to help advisers grow their businesses...

Consider bonuses, brokers urge lenders

Over a quarter of mortgage intermediaries say that more than half of their clients...

Aviva claims protection underwriting improvements

Aviva says underwriting improvements have reduced its NTU (Not Taken Up) rates for protection...

Unsecured loan rates rising despite low interest rates

Defaqto has found that since the base rate reduced to 0.5% in March 2009...

TMW Online suffering from glitches

The Mortgage Works has admitted that there are some current problems with its online...

Lewis joins Precise Mortgages

Gareth Lewis has joined Precise Mortgages as head of sales. He joins the lender from...

ASA rules against SpicerHaart Group again

A SpicerHaart Group estate agency has had two of its adverts banned by the...

Blemain employee wins philanthropy award

A manager at specialist lender Blemain Group is named Philanthropist of the Year by...

The Chelsea adds new direct deals

The Chelsea Building Society has added a number of mortgages to its direct range. Three...

Scottish house prices doubled in 10 years

Average house prices in rural Scotland have doubled in value over the past decade,...

The Leeds launches 1.99% two-year fix

Leeds Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.99%. It is available...

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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