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Which? and CML clash over SVRs

Which? has claimed that 95% of lenders have failed to pass on cuts in...

Promise Solutions to pay out 24 hours after completion

Promise Solutions says it will now pay secured loan commissions to brokers before it...

The Leeds donates five-figure sum to cancer charity

The Leeds Building Society has donated £10,000 to Marie Curie Cancer Care. Former Emmerdale actress...

NLA wants sustainable buy-to-let market

While welcoming the recent increase in the number of buy-to-let product available over the...

Repossessions up 17%

New mortgage advances in the first quarter of 2011 were 10% lower than for...

Barclays rejigs Woolwich range again

Barclays is reducing the rates on its Woolwich fixed mortgages by up to 0.31...

Cluttons expands Scottish presence with new hire

Independent mortgage broker Cluttons Private Finance has expanded within Scotland. It has appointed Catherine Williamson...

Brightstar expands business development team

Terry Young has joined Brightstar Financial as business development executive. He joins Brightstar from Compliance...

Pair of new deals from Platform

Platform has launched new residential two-year fixed rate mortgages. The deals are only available via...

Crooks preying on those desperate for cash savings

A new report from Citizens Advice suggests that business is booming for rogue traders...

Standard Life explains tax changes

Standard Life has held a series of seminars in order to explain tax changes...

Profits back at Mortgage Intelligence

Countrywide has claimed that Mortgage Intelligence has returned to profitability during the first quarter...

Over-50s hit hardest by job loss

Workers over the age of 50 made redundant are the most likely to have...

England’s repossession hotspots revealed

Shelter has published research highlighting the nation's repossession hotspots. The housing and homelessness charity has...

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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