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New commercial appointment at Ageas

Ageas has appointed Roy Watkinson to the position of head of commercial pricing and...

Northern Rock cuts intermediary exclusive rates

Northern Rock has cut rates by up to 0.12 basis points on its Intermediary...

Rise in buy-to-let yields

Mortgages for Business has reported that average buy-to-let yields have risen quarter-on-quarter with vanilla...

Crystal’s BTL move &quotalready paying dividends&quot

Crystal Mortgages claims to have issued terms of over £2 million since entering the...

NAEA and ARLA elect new presidents

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and the Association of Residential Letting Agents...

Kensington merges operations and underwriting departments

Kensington says it has more than doubled its operations and underwriting capability in the...

TMW changes include Switch & Fix for all BTL trackers

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has made changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range. These include the...

Stressed out consumers need protection

Assurant Intermediary says that "stressed out consumers"" need advice on protection

PFA adds TBMC to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added buy-to-let specialist TBMC to the lender panel of Paradigm...

Another key account exclusive from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow launch two new products, including a 'seven-day special'...

Openwork appoints MD of distribution and marketing

Mark Duckworth has been appointed as managing director of distribution and marketing of Openwork. He...

Zurich UK Life CEO to retire

Michael Brennan, CEO, Zurich UK Life, is to retire from the firm and will...

NatWest latest to accept FirstBuy applications

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is now accepting applications from homebuyers who will be using the...

Perspective passes FUM milestone

National IFA group, Perspective Financial Group Ltd, says it has passed £2 billion funds...

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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