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Brightstar offers Prestige Finance second charge facility

Brightstar Financial has added second charge lender Prestige Finance to its Premier panel. Prestige Finance...

Orbiter bolsters secured sourcing panel

The Portal Group has been added to Orbiter's secured loan sourcing panel. Users of...

Connect Overseas joins forces with Moneycorp

Connect Overseas has announced a new partnership with Moneycorp. The deal means the international mortgage...

Kensington adds FTB deals as part of wider product revamp

Kensington has introduced a new first-time buyer range and increased maximum LTVs as part...

TBMC predicts continuing improvement in BTL market

TBMC has reported a rise in buy-to-let applications during Q1 2011 of 62% year-on-year....

Northern Rock bolsters buy-to-let range

Northern Rock has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgage products and also cut...

Scottish labour market continues improvement

The latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs has signalled a further improvement in...

47% fine with ‘white lies’ in insurance claims

Exaggerated home insurance claims are costing every home around £13 a year on their...

UK sellers over-optimistic with asking prices

Rightmove has witnessed the biggest monthly jump in agents' unsold stock since May 2007,...

London sellers demand more

Buyer demand has pushed asking prices in London to a new record of £431,013,...

Lack of cover for those financially responsible for others

British adults are spending £10,339 a year on average financially supporting their dependents, according...

The costly world of complaints

Complaints are proving to be increasingly costly, warns Bob Young, managing director of Capital...

The Empire strikes back?

It's vital the UK improves its IT, argues Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus...

Rise of the London cash buyer

The average LTV on mortgage applications (excluding remortgages) was 66.2% in March compared to...

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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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