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N&P cuts rates on 85% LTV deals

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has taken up to 0.4 percentage points off...

New critical illness guide published by Defaqto

Defaqto has produced a critical illness guide for advisers. The financial research company says the...

Shapps back self-build action plan

The housing minister has welcomed a move by the self-build industry to kick-start the...

Average BTL rates fell during Q2

Average buy-to-let loan sizes increased by a further £2,166 during the second quarter of...

New seven-day deals from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries will launch two new Key Account exclusives tomorrow (22 July). Again, they...

New mortgage servicing platform unveiled

BancTec has launched a new mortgage servicing platform. The outsourcing firm says the platform is...

GEMHL added to Sesame panel

Sesame has added GE Money Home Lending to its lending panel. Sesame's appointed representatives will...

Durell integrates with Webline

Durell has embarked upon an integration with Webline, Capita Financial Software's quotation and e-apply...

HomeLet backs SAFEagent scheme

HomeLet has become the first UK firm to support a scheme aimed at making...

Nationwide cuts all two and three-year fixes

Nationwide has cut all its two and three-year fixed rates by up to 0.30...

FSA imposes restrictions on IFA directors

The FSA has imposed prohibitions on Paul Banfield and Anthony Moss, former directors of...

Fall in consumer confidence

Consumer confidence fell back by four points last month, according to the Nationwide Building...

Sesame Bankhall offers legal services proposition

Sesame Bankhall Group is offering a new legal services proposition. Its aim is to assist...

Rise in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending rose by 16% to an estimated £12.6 billion in June, according...

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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