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House prices fall 0.8%: Land Registry

House prices have fallen 1.7% year-on-year, according to the Land Registry's House Price Index. The...

Portal Tax Claims seeks brokers north of the border

Portal Tax Claims is looking to recruit a number of brokers in Scotland. The specialist...

FTBs targeted by Goldsmith Williams

Goldsmith Williams Solicitors is offering a package for first-time buyers. The offer, which also includes...

Home & Legacy adds to panel

Specialist insurer Ecclesiastical is to be added to Home & Legacy's household insurance panel...

FSA confirms final rules for auditors

The FSA has confirmed rules to improve the quality and consistency of auditors' client...

Cable wants end to 50p tax

The business secretary, Vince Cable, has confirmed that the 50p rate of income tax...

Weather stalls Scottish recovery

The latest Lloyds TSB Scotland Business Monitor has reported a disruption in the economic...

The rise and rise of short-term lending

Short term finance is at the right place and the right time, argues Paul...

Learn to identify micro-climates

Don't put too much stock in February's business, warns Harpal Singh, managing director of...

Budget leaves Brits in fear of future

41% of Britons have been left feeling concerned about their own financial position following...

Northern Rock makes Everyday rate cuts

Northern Rock has made further cuts on its Everyday mortgage rates. A number of rates...

Manchester Expo registration now open

Registration is now open for Mortgage Business Expo Manchester. The event is to takeplace on...

OFT finalises land agreements guidelines

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published a guideline for businesses about the...

Accord cut two-year deals by 0.20%

Accord Mortgages has reduced that rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgage range by...

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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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