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CML encouraged by Conveyancing Quality Scheme interest

Over 700 firms have so far applied to join the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality...

Countrywide snaps up Mortgage Intelligence

Countrywide has announced the acquisition of Mortgage Intelligence. The network, which merged with Mortgage Next...

BDS ARs to move under Pink umbrella

Mortgage networks BDS and Pink are be consolidated into one network under the Pink...

Precise campaigns for non-prime product awareness

Precise Mortgages has unveiled its Prime Time for Near Prime campaign, designed to educate...

New ASU product offers custom tailoring

Berkeley Alexander has unveiled a new type of ASU cover which offers the combination...

Bridgewater publishes technical sales aid

Bridgewater Equity Release has published a technical sales aid to help advisers and their...

W&B Mortgage Solutions rebrands

W&B Mortgage Solutions has rebranded to Vantage Finance. Vantage Finance is a master broker for...

Understanding second charge compliance

Secured lending is a compliant environment for the intermediary, explains Stephen Lawrence, group national...

Questioning your future

There are many options available to advisory practices, explains David Hesketh, group M&A manager...

Zurich and Openwork agree platform deal

Zurich UK Life has secured a platform agreement with advice network Openwork. The new agreement...

North-South housing divide widening

Property sales have fallen significantly across England and Wales since 2007 amid a widening...

Brits’ retirement dreams established

Only 20% of Britons have achieved their travel ambitions and over half have not...

Q1 house prices down 0.3% year-on-year

House prices across the UK rose by 1.0% over the first quarter of 2011,...

New TBMC BTL exclusives with the Chorley

TBMC is offering two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products funded by the Chorley Building...

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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