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Further slump in mortgage lending: BBA

Mortgage lending has fallen to its lowest level in a decade. The British Bankers' Association...

Kensington cuts rates and expands distribution, while apps go paper-free

Kensington has made rate reductions to its residential and buy-to-let products. The specialist lender has...

Landlords offered energy saving tips

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is offering advice to landlords and tenants during Energy...

What’s really going on with buy-to-let?

It's important to look at the whole picture around buy-to-let, argues Bob Young, managing...

The great house price/equity release debate

House prices present a double edge to the equity release market, argues Peter Welch,...

Flatsharing population set to rise by 9.4%: easyroommate.co.uk

Changes to the housing benefit system could see the UK's flatsharing population grow by...

Industry produces guide on working together

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and the...

Insurance on &quotknife-edge&quot

Defaqto research has suggested that the home insurance industry is in good shape but...

BNP Paribas LS makes key appointment

Keith Sangwin has joined BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions as head of dealer accounts within...

TUC slams bank levy

The TUC has criticised the government, claiming the City will be cracking open the...

Bank levy to raise £2.5bn p.a.

The government has published proposals over the introduction of a levy on banks' balance...

MPC voted 7:2 to hold Bank Rate

The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) did not vote unanimously last month...

September gross lending lowest in decade

Gross mortgage lending was down 7% year-on-year in September, the Council of Mortgage Lenders...

More Spicerhaart ads banned

Spicerhaart Group has yet again fallen foul of a ruling from the Advertising Standards...

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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