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Broker fined for disclosure failings

The FSA has fined Christopher Davies, director of Newquay Investment Services (2004) Limited, an...

6% drop in number of intermediary mortgage products

In July mortgage activity fell and for the fourth month in a row the...

New debt category for Leadbay

Leadbay has added a new category of leads called 'remortgage with debt'. The new category...

Fall in new credit levels

Latest consumer finance figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that new...

Boost in confidence to savings

Nationwide says consumers seem to be more confident about their ability to save in...

GW backs Which? HIP findings

Direct conveyancing firm Goldsmith Williams has highligted the recent Which? report, which it believes...

London Town helps Commercial First clients

Pub company London Town has teamed up with Commercial First to provide a free...

5.35% five-year fix from the the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has launched a new, direct-only five-year fixed rate mortgage available from...

Interest-only borrowers missing out on savings

Moneysupermarket.com has reported that 23% of mortgage holders are currently only paying off the...

Modest improvement in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending has continued to improve slightly, totalling around £16 billion in July,...

Crystal appoints ops head

Crystal Mortgages has unveiled David Parke as its first director of operations. Parke joined the...

C&G gets temporary reprieve

Lloyds Banking Group is reviewing its planned decision the completely shut the Cheltenham &...

ASA bans sale and rent back advertorial

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a sale and rent back advert from...

New area sales chief for Zurich

Zurich Financial Services Group has announced the appointment of Jaki Platt, as area sales...

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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