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Very small rise in house prices

UK house prices rose by 0.2% during July, according to the Nationwide Building Society. This...

Blemain &quotoverwhelmed&quot with awards response

Blemain Group has claimed to have had a positive response to its new awards. The...

Openwork begins fee-charging RDR pilot

Openwork has started to move advisers across to fee-charging RDR business models. The move is...

John Charcol offers two exclusive 95% deals

John Charcol is exclusively offering first-time buyers two new 90% LTV deals. One of these...

Zoopla unveils &’039heatmap&’039 facility

Property search and information website Zoopla.co.uk has unveiled heatmaps. These show the average current value...

Dragonfly gives proc fee boost to NACFB members

Dragonfly Property Finance is increasing the size of the procuration fee payable to members...

Average house price now £161,479

There was an annual price decrease of -2.5% in June, taking the average property...

Paragon&’039s new lending gaining momentum

The Paragon Group of Companies has reported new buy-to-let lending totalling £65.7 million for...

LV= cuts equity release bands and rates

LV= has reduced the number of age bands applied on its equity release products. It...

Brits happy with overseas property income

Up to four out of five second home owners are content with the returns...

Tenet CEO to leave

Simon Hudson has decided to step down as chief executive of Tenet. He founded Tenet...

New Chelsea fixed rates come with choice

Chelsea Building Society is launching new five, six and seven-year mortgages which give members...

London exceptions to savings and house price relationship

There is a close relationship between the levels of savings balances and house prices,...

AMI seeks more influential role in reformed AIFA

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has claimed it will continue to play a "major...

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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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