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Santander cuts 80% LTV rates

Santander has cut the rates on its 80% LTV mortgages. It now offers a 3.25%...

28% don’t know their mortgage rate

At least three million UK borrowers (28%) do not know the rate of interest...

Two flavours of two-year fix from the Co-op

The Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has added a two-year fixed-rate mortgage to its product...

New five-year fix from the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society is offering a five-year fixed rate at 4.69%, maximum 75% LTV...

L&G introduces key person protection tool

Legal & General has launched an online 'key person' valuation tool on its business...

IFA network director slapped with £49k FSA fine

The FSA has fined Charles Palmer, director of IFA network, Financial Ltd, £49,000 for...

Brumhill joins Tiuta as marketing head

Specialist lender Tiuta has made another appointment to its senior management team with the...

Lender valuation indemnity product unveiled

CLS Title has launched a lender's valuation indemnity to give lenders additional protection on...

The Bucks appoints Gateway as valuation panel manager

National surveying firm Gateway has been appointed by Buckinghamshire Building Society as its new...

COMMENT: plenty of reasons to be optimistic

Doom and gloom? It's not the way I see it, says Eddie Goldsmith, senior...

OPINION: is equity release at a crossroads?

The equity release market is at an interesting place, argues Peter Welch, head of...

Early signs of recovering consumer confidence

Nationwide's Consumer Confidence Index has risen for the second consecutive month, increasing by six...

LV= makes sweeping changes to critical illness proposition

LV= has cut prices across its critical illness (CI) protection range. It has improved...

Bromley broker banned – and jailed

The FSA has fined mortgage broker Dele MacAulay £115,157 for knowingly submitting nine fraudulent...

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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