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Gulf between landlords’ desires and realities

The number of landlords looking to buy residential property for investment purposes has nearly...

Average 2-yr fix is now 4.52%

Mortgage rates are at a seven-year low, as the average rate on two-year fixed...

AMI supportive of FSA plans for mortgage market

The recent speech by Lesley Titcomb of the FSA at a Council of Mortgage...

UK households worried by ’emergency Budget’

June's Markit/YouGov Household Finance Index (HFI) has reported frayed consumer confidence in the run...

3mc to distribute Aldermore Commercial products

3mc has added Aldermore Commercial Mortgages to its packaged panel of lenders. Doug Hall, managing...

Commercial property market would be hit by tax changes: BPF

Limiting the tax relief that debt attracts could have a disastrous impact on the...

New broker plugin from Mortgage Brain

Mortgage Brain is rolling out its Broker 2 Consumer mortgage search and enquire 'plug...

Broker in court over England dressing room intrusion

The man who entered the England dressing room after the dismal no-score draw against...

Lenders warned over extent of mortgage fraud

Solicitors and mortgage brokers are now the two professions at the forefront of fraud,...

Broker loses permissions over unpaid fees

The FSA has given Carmen Murphy, trading as CMP Independent Mortgage Advisers, final notice...

Precise chooses DPR origination platform

Precise Mortgages has become the latest lender to go live with DPR Consulting's mortgage...

NAEA calls on Osborne to take three pledges

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has urged George Osborne to use his...

Complete’s place on Intrinsic panel in doubt

The management of the Intrinsic network is reviewing the status of Complete Mortgage &...

Aviva appoints risk director

Dipak Warren is to join Aviva as corporate risk solutions director in September. She joins...

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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