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L&G improves critical illness offering

Legal & General has made changes to its critical illness cover. The policy expiry limit...

Surprise! MPC votes to hold Bank Rate

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has again voted for no change...

AFI makes rate cuts

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has made a number of rate reductions in its mortgage...

OpenConvey now offering instant payment

Online conveyancing portal OpenConvey is now offering a referral fee payment system to make...

Platform wants new range to help increase lending volumes

Platform has launched new mainstream and buy-to-let products as it plans to increase its...

Assurant Intermediary unveils point of sale-underwritten ASU

General insurance firm Assurant Intermediary has launched what it claims to be the first...

Approvals to remain subdued throughout 2011: Hometrack

Hometrack has predicted that mortgage approvals will remain flat over the next 12 months...

Tenants struggling to pay rent

There has been a rise in the number of tenants who seem to be...

BTL loan sizes rose during Q4

Buy-to-let and commercial mortgage broker TBMC has seen an increase in loan size for...

Estate agent’s ad banned by ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an advert from Imagine Estate Agents of...

Kung Hei Fat Choi?

2011 will be the year of the landlord, argues Guy Garrard, head of business...

December valuations up year-on-year

Connells Survey and Valuation has reported that increased remortgaging and buy-to-let activity meant the...

The Leeds cuts 2yr BTL discount rate

Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its two-year discount buy-to-let mortgage by...

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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