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Personal insolvencies at record levels

Levels of personal insolvency in the UK have increased for the eighth consecutive quarter...

FSA bans &quotincompetent&quot broker

The FSA has banned the director of a Manchester based mortgage and general insurance...

New range from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has today introduced a new launch range of mortgages. The new range...

New BTL stepped trackers from The Mortgage Works

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Website development tops advisers’ ‘to do’ lists

The majority of intermediary firms (52%) agree that developing new or existing websites should...

Knight Frank Finance recruits more mortgage specialists

Matthew Connor and Katja Mills have joined the expanding team of mortgage specialists at...

Beware criminal activity, landlords warned

Landlords need to protect themselves against the tactics of criminal gangs, according to the...

Bank Rate held and no increase in Quantitative Easing

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain the official...

House prices rise for seventh month in a row: Halifax

House prices increased by 0.6% in January, the seventh consecutive month of rises, according...

Mortgage Intelligence/Next adds Positive to panel

Positive Lending has been added to the panel for all Appointed Representatives and Directly...

Consider the smaller mutuals, brokers told

National surveying firm Gateway is urging intermediary firms to build stronger links with the...

Broker banned for 1200% income-to-tax discrepancy

The FSA has banned mortgage intermediary Andrew Emelife for knowingly submitting mortgage applications to...

TMA offers Abbey intermediary semi-exclusive

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) is now offering a semi-exclusive two-year fixed rate homebuyer plus...

New hires at LV=

Insurance, investment and pensions group LV= has hired of Liz Timms as head of...

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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