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Mint appoints specialist lender to panel

The Mint network has added Cheshire Mortgage Corporation to its lender panel. Mint Financial Services...

Sale and rent back calculator provided by RPS

Residential Property Solutions Limited (RPS), the specialist sale and rent back (SRB) firm, has...

Mortgages become 20% more affordable: Woolwich

Mortgages became 20% more affordable last, year, according to the latest mortgage affordability research...

Improving position at Paragon

Paragon has reported an improved arrears position as it publishes its Interim Management Statement...

FLA pleased with OFT’s unenforceable credit agreement guidance

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's 'clarity'...

CML concerned over proposed approved persons regime

The Council of Mortgage Lenders says that broadly agrees with the proposals on arrears...

OFT consults over consumer credit guidance

The Office of Fair Trading has published draft guidance for consumers and industry on...

Yorkshire adds another two-year fix to range

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.29% up to...

Firm fined for not complying with FSA principles and rules

The FSA has fined a Derbyshire-based financial advice firm and its two partners a...

Landlords remain confident about housing market

The Business Mortgage Company (TBMC) has reported that the majority of landlords are applying...

Yorkshire members agree to Chelsea ‘merger’

Yorkshire Building Society members have voted in favour of the merger between its society...

Consumer credit remains weak: BBA

Mortgage lending improved in December, with gross lending inflated by some borrowers pushing through...

FSA outlines arrears and fraud proposals

The FSA has unveiled a package of measures aimed to help ensure that mortgage...

New small business boss at Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Gary Lumby has been appointed as director of small business banking for Clydesdale and...

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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Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

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...

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