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Tenet to offer PI solution for ex-ARs

Tenet has developed a new scheme to help former advisers gain protection and plug...

Rents – and tenant arrears – up again

Rents rose in August by 1.4%, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL...

The Leeds offers cake and a cuppa for charity

Leeds Building Society will be taking part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning in...

People still want to become homeowners

More people than ever before want to be home-owners in the long term, according...

Large rise in spending on cards

According to new figures released by Barclaycard, consumer spending on cards saw a near...

Busy August for bridger

Bridging lender Drawbridge Finance says it issued 127 Agreements In Principle (AIPs) on loans...

Landlords call for government rethink on housing benefit cuts

Government cuts to local housing allowance (LHA) will leave many landlords with reduced rental...

Payday loan demand masks wider problem: Payplan

Payplan has warned advisers over clients looking for payday loans. The free to consumer debt...

EXCLUSIVE: Lenders to link up with taxman

All lenders are set to be given powers to verify customers' income with HM...

AfI improves online proposition

Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) has made improvements to its online offering, including the introduction...

Bridgewater heads to Huddersfield and Gatwick

Bridgewater Equity Release is to hold two more regional broker forums next week. The home...

More 2 Life adds drawdown facility

More 2 Life is adding a drawdown option to its equity release product range. It...

2plan to be acquired by Openwork

Openwork it to acquire independent advice firm 2plan Wealth Management as part of its...

Nationwide calls time on third-party agencies

Nationwide is pulling out of all from third party agencies at the end of...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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