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Don’t remove safety net: CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned the government not to cut the...

OFT warns consumers over ‘unenforceable debts’

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is warning consumers that it is misleading for...

Tenant demand in PRS continues to rise

Paragon Group's latest Private Rented Sector (PRS) Trends report has revealed a continued strengthening...

Next few months are crucial: Grenville Turner

Mortgage applications at Countrywide rose 1% while applications for two-year mortgage terms generated the...

IFAs considering their options ahead of RDR: Perspective

Perspective Financial Group says IFAs looking at its acquisition proposition before RDR is implemented...

Average BTL mortgage over 30% higher year-on-year

TBMC's latest Landlord Profile Tracking Index has indicated a increase in both loan size...

Police investigate loan repayment fraud

The City of London Police has launched an investigation into an alleged loan repayment...

Broker confidence falls

The intermediary sector is more pessimistic now than it has been during the past...

New identity for Mortgage Portfolio

Mortgage Portfolio has rebranded as LaterLiving. After seven years under the Mortgage Portfolio moniker, LaterLiving...

Pink and BDS bought for £1.6m

LSL Property Services has agreed to acquire Advance Mortgage Funding Limited (trading as Pink...

Online mortgage desk facilities offered to estate agents

A new web application called Obligo Pro has been launched to estate agents. The founders...

Developer insurance offered by Move to Us

Move with Us has launched a new HomeServe insurance for developers to offer prospective...

Insurance brokers given social media advice

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has produced a collection of legal guidance to...

House buying and selling to become move expensive

VAT rises in 2011 will make the whole property purchase procedure more costly, says...

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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