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New Clydesdale/Yorkshire deals start at 2.99%

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks will tomorrow launch a new range of discounted variable mortgage...

Southampton estate agents banned by OFT

The OFT has banned Wolfgang David Dunn, Sean Allen Wren and Astons GB Ltd,...

No industry consensus on responsibilities, FSA admits

The FSA has issued a feedback statement reaffirming its regulatory approach to balancing the...

Cable plan slammed

The Liberal Democrat's conference proposal to introduce a tax on all properties valued at...

S&P gives Target an average rating

Target Loan Servicing has been assigned an 'average' servicer ranking by ratings agency Standard...

FSA chairman demands momentum for reform must be maintained

Lord Turner, chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has insisted that the momentum...

Leadpoint: get fresh for the weekend

LeadPoint, is warning brokers that they are missing out on business by ignoring weekend...

SRB compliance service unveiled

Compliancy Services has launched a specialist sale and rent back (SRB) arm. It aims to...

Protection tops diversification poll

RBS Intermediary Partners (RBS IP) has found that personal protection is the single most...

Lenders price hefty margin into 90% deals

Borrowers with a 10% deposit have seen just a 0.12% drop in the average...

New version of Adviser Office unveiled

1st - The Exchange has released version 7.1 of its back office software, Adviser...

Conyevancing portal on the hunt for brokers

Online conveyancing portal OpenConvey is look for mortgage brokers to act as agents to...

B2L product availability still worsening

54% of professional landlords have tried to secure a buy-to-let mortgage in the three...

Positive expands club offering

Positive Solutions has improved its club proposition by adding equity release, long term care,...

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...

Latest news

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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