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ANALYSIS: buy-to-let still offers opportunities

There are still opportunities in buy-to-let for those willing to put the effort in,...

London finance firms upbeat about the future

62% of London-based financial services respondents of Smith & Williamson's 12th annual financial services...

Kids have to wait due to high housing costs

People are being forced to wait before having children because of supply problems with...

First direct cuts offset tracker rate

First direct is today cutting the rate on its 65% loan to value offset...

Over 2,500 mortgage products now available

which suggests the increases are sustainable. The recent increase is partly down to Halifax launching new rates for existing customers.

Broker hit by FSA action over management failings

The FSA has revoked the approval of a Durham-based director of a mortgage broker...

ANALYSIS: where are interest rates headed?

SVRs are likely to increase this year, warns Dean Jones, head of paaleads.com As 2010...

Estate agency outsources conveyancing to portal

Estate agents Stack & Bonner is to undertake all its conveyancing work through the...

Housing valuations up 52% year-on-year in December 2009

Connells Survey & Valuation has reported that valuation activity on residential properties in the...

Housing market ‘regaining buoyancy&quot

The UK housing market is continuing to hold up as it eases into recovery....

Board member quits landlord body

Sussanne Chambers has stepped down as board director of the National Landlords Association (NLA)...

Commercial brokers get support from trade body

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has unveiled a new initiative to...

Nationwide chooses panel manager to improve ‘customer service proposition’

Nationwide Building Society has appointed Connells Asset Management - its first panel manager for...

IFAs look for ombudsman reform

Independent financial advisers (IFAs) have called for a wide-ranging review of the role that...

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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