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Virgin Money buys bank to offer mortgages

The boards of Church House Trust and Virgin Money have reached agreement on the...

IFA chooses The Debt Advisor

The Debt Advisor has been selected by Chorley-based Independent Financial Adviser (IFA), Anne Wray,...

Industry bosses to face Treasury Committee grilling

The Treasury Committee is to take evidence from RBS, Northern Rock and Lloyds Banking...

KRS expands its estate planning offering

Key Retirement Solutions is to further expand Key Estate Planning, which provides a full...

Continued increase in mortgage product numbers

Mortgage Brain's Monthly Product Analysis has indicated that the number of live mortgage schemes...

FSA fines firm over fraud failings

The FSA has fined County Down mortgage intermediary Case Funding Centre (CFC) £35,000 for...

e.surv coping with snow

e.surv Chartered Surveyors says that despite the awful weather conditions, its service to clients...

Bill Warren offers new compliance service

Bill Warren has launched a compliance service specifically aimed at mortgage advisory firms. The industry...

Confidence returns to B2L sector

81% of landlords surveyed by CHL Mortgages are positive about the future for buy-to-let...

HMRC wants The Mortgage Times wound up

HM Revenue and Customs is seeking to wind up the Mortgage Times Group. A Petition...

SVRs on the rise

Since April 2009 the Bank of England has kept base rate on hold at...

Ops director appointed at Gateway

National surveying firm Gateway has appointed Pete Hughes to the position of operations director. He...

Regulator takes action over directors’ statements

The FSA has begun criminal proceedings against four former directors of iSOFT Group Plc...

£30k is average owed by every UK adult

Credit Action has reported that total UK personal debt at the end of November...

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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