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Uplift in commercial business

Mortgages for Business has reported that enquiries to its commercial mortgage packager arm increased...

Tiuta offers HMO product with Commercial Processing UK

Tiuta is offering a new facility for landlords and investors with Houses in Multiple...

Homeowners ill-prepared for redundancy

70% of homeowners would be able to survive for up to three months should...

Assurant Intermediary enhances IPOS portal

Assurant Intermediary has made further improvements to its online insurance quotation and application portal,IPOS,...

Businesses improving payment performance

August saw the biggest month-to-month improvement in the time it takes companies in the...

Remutualise the Rock: BSA

The Building Societies Association (BSA) says there a strong case for converting failed banks...

ARLA: rental market stabilising

Demand in the rental market has returned for the first time since the recession...

The Mansfield introduces new tracker

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a Bank of England Bank Rate (BBR) tracker...

OFT’s refusal of credit licence upheld on appeal

The Consumer Credit Appeal Tribunal has upheld the OFT's refusal to grant a credit...

COMMENT: Time to take off the rose-tinted glasses

Peter Beaumont, chief executive of Residential Property Solutions, wants intermediaries to capitalise on sale...

MIF: How to start charging fees, and the legal side of equity release

Derek McGuire looks at recent highlights from the Marketing Innovation Forum. &ltb&gtHow do I begin...

Borrowers continue faith in variable deals

41.9% of borrowers elected to take a fixed rate in August, the lowest number...

New trackers from Leeds

Leeds Building Society has brought out new two-year base rate tracker mortgages starting at...

Lenders in FSA breach with sale and rent back, Beaumont claims

Sale and rent back (SRB) provider Residential Property Solutions (RPS) believes that certain UK...

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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