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Chinese spies and the mortgage market?

The costs of IT security are increasing, argues Paul Hunt, managing director of Phoebus...

Qualifications are vital in financial services

Companies that invest in training and qualifications retain staff longer, argues Bob Young, managing...

FirstAssist unveils BusinessCare proposition for SMEs

FirstAssist Legal Protection has launched a BusinessCare scheme into the mortgage market with Finance...

Countrywide to distribute RateGuard

Countrywide is to distributeMarketGuard'srate capping insurance product RateGuard. Under the terms of the new agreement,...

Rents continue to rise: Rightmove

The proportion of renters forecasting higher rents in 12 months' time is above 40%...

Start thinking about AR switch now, DAs told

Homeloan Partnership (HLP) has warned directly authorised (DA) firms who are worried by the...

First direct introduces £999 fee option

First direct has introduced its lowest ever two-year fixed rate mortgage with a £999...

Paradigm sees positive response to distribution CP

Paradigm Mortgage Services' first Mortgage Market Review (MMR) workshop saw those attending give the...

Consultation process is precisely that: FSA

The FSA's director of conduct policy has said that there are a number of...

Our range fills gap in broker armoury: Borro

Almost 40% of mortgage brokers found high loan to value ratios the biggest hurdle...

Doubt over sustainability of recovery in construction

Sentiment in the construction sector has turned increasingly negative because of government cuts, as...

Sesame protection offering reaches Zenith

Sesame Bankhall Group has unveiled a new protection panel called Zenith. The panel comprises six...

Lowest October lending in 10 years

Gross mortgage lending in October fell to its lowest October level in a decade,...

New shared ownership deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new shared ownership mortgage product - a...

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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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