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Rise in tracker margins

Defaqto has found that average margins, above the Bank of England base-rate, charged by...

Platform unveils new deals

Platform has launched new mortgage products including a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal that...

Another seven-day special from Abbey

On Friday, Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will launch another Key Account exclusive and reduce...

MPC holds Bank Rate

As widely predicted, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MP) today voted to...

CDS Group looks to expand

The organisation which launched the mortgage sourcing engine 'The Core' last year is set...

SMEs calling for government help

The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) asking the government to act decisively...

New 95% first time buyer mortgage launched

Saffron Building Society has unveiled a new 95% mortgage for first time buyers who...

House prices &quotbroadly unchanged&quot from December 2010

House prices in the three months to June were 0.5% lower than in the...

Northern Rock wins awards for exclusion efforts

Northern Rock has been given a national award from The Prince of Wales' Business...

Homeowners choose to improve rather than move

RICS says that Increasing numbers of homeowners are improving rather than moving home. 48% of...

Castle Trust appoints MD for mortgages

Castle Trust has appointed Mike Hughes, former CEO of IFA network Burns Anderson, as...

FSA fines slowing down?

FSA fines are showing signs of slowing, again according to Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. The...

Shapps calls for ‘mates mortgages’

Housing Minister Grant Shapps wants lenders to offer 'mates mortgages' so younger first time...

Research reveals best yield providers

Students generated an average yield to landlords of 6.45%, whilst young singles generate 6.22%,...

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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