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Rents rising at twice the rate of wages

Rents hit a new record high in May after four successive months of rises,...

Accord added to panels

Accord Mortgages has been added to the lending panel of Mortgage Intelligence and Mortgage...

JV for Countrywide and Mortgage Advice Bureau

Countrywide and Mortgage Advice Bureau have combined to launch a new financial service brand. Capital...

Crystal enters the buy-to-let sector

Crystal Mortgages has moved into the buy-to-let mortgage market. It said a key reason for...

The Melton Mowbray added to PMS and Sesame panels

PMS and Sesame have added the Melton Mowbray Building Society to their lender panels. PMS...

Assurant Intermediary sales team now 17-strong

Assurant Intermediary has made two appointments to its general insurance sales team. Their arrival brings...

Aviva appoints UK health chief

Mark Noble, sales and marketing director for Aviva UK Health, has been made health...

Two new appointments at Jump Money

Jump Money has appointed Damian Guy as its new technical director. His responsibilities include maintaining...

Partnership unveils equity release deal for those with impaired health

Retirement solutions provider Partnership has launched an equity release targets at homeowners over 60...

E.surv latest firm to campaign over surveys

E.surv is working with lender partners to ensure TCF obligations are met. The chartered surveyors...

FSA teams up with CIFAS to fight crime

The FSA has joined CIFAS, the UK's Fraud Prevention Service. The regulator will supply CIFSA...

Londoners want to stay put

YouGov's London Omnibus research suggests that Londoners would not want to live anywhere else...

Halifax offers insurance customers a ‘free day for life’

Halifax Home Insurance has re-launched its 'Free Day for Life' offer. All customers who...

Five governors join ifs School of Finance

The ifs School of Finance has announced five senior appointments to its board of...

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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