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E.surv reports rise in approvals during August

Purchase approvals reached a 15-month high in August, due to loosening lending criteria and...

Lead Co-op offers life assurance leads

Lead Co-op has launched a life assurance lead service. Every adviser can set their...

BIBA wants Riot Damages Act changes

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) wants the government to change the Riot Damages...

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation unveils new auction product

Lancashire Mortgage Corporation has launched a new product and revised criteria. The changes aim to...

Legal & General launches protection awards

Legal & General has launched its 2011 Business Quality Awards. It says they are designed...

Nationwide revamps further advance rates and criteria

Nationwide Building Society has overhauled its approach to further advances. From 9 September 2011, Nationwide...

MPC holds rates yet again

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to leave the Bank...

Swift facing multimillion pound customer redress following FSA fine

Swift 1st Limited has been fined by the FSA over mortgage arrears failings and...

The SoundAdvice podcast is back!

BestAdvice is pleased to announce the return of SoundAdvice, the mortgage industry's FIRST ever...

Intrinsic adds borro to panel

Short term asset lender borro has joined the panel of Intrinsic Financial Services. Swindon based...

Goldsmith Williams unveils due diligence guide for brokers

Goldsmith Williams has launched a guide to help brokers conduct due diligence on behalf...

Law Society warns of first time buyers’ vulnerability

First-time buyers are vulnerable despite low rates and affordable housing, the Law Society has...

Nationwide cements status as safe institution

The Nationwide Building Society has been named as one of the world's safest financial...

Skipton launches five-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal

Skipton Building Society has added a new fixed rate deal to its range of...

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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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