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Leeds offers 2yr discount at 3.64%

Leeds Building Society has launched a new fees-assisted two-year discount mortgage at 3.64%. The product...

Board level appointment for 1st Exchange

1st Exchange has appointed Andy Watts to the position of intermediary sales director. Watts is...

AIB to be split up

Anglo Irish Bank (AIB) is to be split into a Funding Bank and an...

Aviva improves critical illness record

Aviva paid out 684 critical illness claims during the six months to the end...

FSA wrong over interest-only: CML

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has questioned the wisdom of the FSA's attitude...

Two first-time buyer deals unveiled by HSBC

HSBC is launching two new mortgage deals for first time buyers as part of...

Next few months will be telling: NAEA

The housing market slowed in August, as is traditionally expected, the National Association of...

Pensioner homeowner wealth up £8bn in past quarter

Total property wealth owned outright of by retired homeowners is up to £775 billion...

Recent house price decline reversed

House prices increased by 0.2% in August, according to the Halifax. This was the...

New broker deal from AfI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AfI) is launching a new 'Intermediary Special' deal tomorrow. It is a...

Higginson and Gilmour to join Sesame Bankhall

Sesame Bankhall Group has added two people to its senior management team. Current chief operating...

Deal with rogue landlords, NLA tells councils

The National Landlords Association (NLA) wants local authorities to prosecute landlords who wilfully ignore...

Brokers need to educate

Advisers need to take responsibility for equity release education, argues Peter Welch, head of...

25% worried about base rate rises

Average monthly mortgage repayments could jump by up to £563 if the base rate...

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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