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Purchase deals dominate John Charcol business

60% of mortgages taken in June 2010 were for purchases, according to the latest...

Alarm bells sounded by Insolvency Service cuts

The Insolvency Service's plans to reduce its expenditure this year have concerned R3, the...

Cuts made to Mortgage Rescue Scheme

Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced that there will be a cut in the...

Santander Commercial added to TMA panel

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has added Santander Commercial Mortgages to its commercial panel. TMA members...

Gross mortgage lending up 15% last month

Gross mortgage lending in June was an estimated £13.1 billion, a 15% rise from...

LeadPoint appoints commercial head

LeadPoint has appointed Kevin Rice as commercial director. Rice is the former managing director of...

AEGON unveils new at-retirement option

AEGON has launched a secure income option on its Investment Control bond, as it...

UKFI hires Merrill big hitter

UK Financial Investments (UKFI) has hired Jim O'Neil from Bank of America Merrill Lynch...

Business insolvencies on the wane

There has been a year-on-year decline in business insolvencies during June, according to the...

Housing market improvement could cause repossession rise

A housing market recovery could cause a rise in the number of repossessions as...

FSA withdraws permissions over unpaid fees

Two more individuals have had their permissions to carry out regulated activities cancelled by...

Londoners pay extra for proximity to station

The Nationwide Building Society has calculated that London homebuyers are paying a premium to...

ABI boss quits

Kerrie Kelly is stepping down from her role as director general of the Association...

EC oks Bank of Ireland’s restructuring plans

The European Commission's College of Commissioners has given final approval under the state aid...

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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