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OPINION: lenders must consider trail commissions

Lenders need to look at implementing trail commissions, argues Jason Berry of Safe&Secure Anyone involved...

FSA changes tack over consumer protection

Hector Sants, FSA chief executive, has outlined the regulator new consumer protection strategy. Its new...

Lloyds unveils mortgage overpayment initiative

Lloyds Banking Group has launched a new scheme that allows all customers with a...

HIP firm has registration suspended

The Property Codes Compliance Board (PCCB) has suspended the registration of HIP Code subscriber...

Keychoice Network adds Home & Legacy to panel

Home & Legacy has become the latest insurance provider to join the household panel...

Stamp Duty change behind poor January data: CML

Property sales in January were hit by the end of the stamp duty holiday,...

AMI discloses dinner details

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has published details of its 2010 Annual Dinner. It...

LibDems slam Tory pensioner plans

The Liberal Democrats have raised serious concerns over Conservative plans for an £8,000 payment...

Triumvirate proposes consumer protection committee

The FSA, Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have today...

Spicerhaart chooses The Charlbury Group

The Charlbury Group is to provide Spicerhaart with a new conveyancing referral system for...

WLM Money partners with Link Loans

WLM Money is the latest distributor to offer access to Link Loans. Link Loans, which...

New operations director for Affirmative

Affirmative Finance has promoted Ian Harrison as its operations director. Harrison has worked at...

Claims management solicitors shut down

The solicitors used by claims management firm Client Cartel Review have been effectively closed...

Mortgage Intelligence brands partner with Kensington

Mortgage Intelligence and Mortgage Next Network have been chosen as key distribution partners for...

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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