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Leadbay moves into PMI

Leadbay is launching Private Medical Insurance (PMI) leads to its intermediary base. Advisers will be...

August sees lowest number of new mortgages offered this year

The number of mortgages approved for house purchase fell to a 16-month low in...

Alternative to loan sharks unveiled

A new scheme is being launched today with the aim to give thousands of...

RMBS could be hit further

Rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned that plans to tackle the fiscal deficit...

Conveyancing ad banned by ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an online advert for yourconveyancingservices.com. Barnetts Solicitors had...

FSA knows MMR will cause house price falls, says CML’s Coogan

Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) director general Michael Coogan has claimed that the FSA...

SME factoring firm in reverse takeover talks

Ultimate Finance Group plc says it is in "advanced discussions"" on an acquisition which...

Jon King to head up More 2 Life

Former SHIP chairman and Hodge Lifetime boss Jon King is joining More 2 Life...

Deposit protection needed after 1 October

Landlords with tenancies up to £100,000 a year have been warned they will automatically...

OFT makes further senior appointments

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has completed the line-up of its senior management...

We’re the leading direct lender: HSBC

HSBC has claimed to be the UK's largest lender of mortgages sold directly to...

Plaistow broker &quotnot fit and proper&quot

Chioma Skilling trading as Chioma Mortgages, from Plaistow in east London, has had their...

Landlord regulation failing tenants: ARLA

The government's regulation of landlords is leaving tenants exposed across the UK, according to...

Barclays reduces most popular rates

Barclays has cut mortgage rates by up to 0.34 percentage points. Barclays lowest tracker rate...

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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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