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Kids optimistic about home ownership

68% of children surveyed believe they will own their dream home by the age...

Shapps&’039 position on rented sector disappoints ARLA

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) has expressed its disappointment that Grant Shapps,...

The Co-op moves to expand community banking

The Co-operative Bank has started what it calls a 'major transformation' of its Britannia...

Openwork appoints marketing & propositions chief

Openwork has appointed Philip Martin as its marketing and propositions director. Martin joins from F&C...

AFI to cut rates by up to one percentage point

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow launch a range of new three, four and...

Brace of wins for borro

Short term asset lender borro has announced two award wins, following Smarta.com naming the...

Competitive pricing is no excuse for shabby service

Don't wait around for a tip, warns Gareth Lewis, head of business development at...

Aldermore offers 100% FTB deal via family guarantee

Aldermore has unveiled a mortgage specifically designed to help first time buyers get a...

New adviser structure at Jump Money

Jump Money has introduced a three-tier structure for its protection and general insurance (GI)...

CML backs new conveyancing compliance tool

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed JET, the new online compliance tool...

Fitch upgrades HML&’039s special servicer rating

HML has received a special servicing upgrade for the second year running and has...

Accord cuts prices of 85% deals

Accord Mortgages has cut up to 0.45 percentage points from the cost of its...

NCI integrates to Charlbury Group system

NCI, providers of specialised field services to banks, building societies, lending institutions and solicitors...

Bogus financial adviser jailed

A bogus financial adviser who fraudulently manipulated his 'clients'' pension funds to avoid paying...

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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