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First Complete buys TMA

First Complete Limited, a subsidiary of has LSL Property Services plc, has acquired The...

Slight decline in owner-occupier levels

67% of the 21.6 million households in England in 2009-10 were owner-occupiers, 17% were...

Defaqto launches product research tool for providers

Defaqto has launched a new web-based product research application called DefaqtoMatrix. It claims it will...

New accident and illness cover cashplan unveiled

Perfect Health Insurance has unveiled a new cashplan that provides benefits including providing customers...

OFT revokes debt management firm’s licence

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has revoked the licence of debt management company,...

Insurance duo banned

The FSA has banned two insurance brokers, Andrew Porter and Alexander Brincat, from working...

Estate agents frequently ditched for competitor

According to property firm Move with Us, 43% of home sellers change estate agents...

Property dealer jailed for three years

A property developer has been sentenced to three years in prison following a prosecution...

Friends Life appoints director of longevity

Richard Willets has been appointed as director of longevity for Friends Life. He has been...

Households hit by inflation, food & fuel prices

Over one million households in the UK are worse off now compared to nine...

The Chelsea offers paperless option

Chelsea Building Society has launched a new online mortgage facility. It allows customers to complete...

Two new Hinckley & Rugby BTL exclusives from TBMC

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products with Hinckley & Rugby Building...

Terraces and flat more likely to be repossessed

Terraces will account for 40% of all UK repossessions in 2011, according to predictions...

Aldermore introduces pair of new buy-to-let products

Aldermore has launched two new buy-to-let mortgage products. The first product is a 'limited edition'...

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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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