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Finance drought crippling B2L despite stabilising arrears

The buy-to-let market showed the first signs of stabilising in the second quarter as...

Q2 repo figures down but CML expects worsening

The number of mortgage possessions fell in the second quarter of the year, while...

Scottish market on the turn?

Scottish house prices have continued to fall in the latest quarter, according to the...

Uniec joins 2plan Wealth Management office

National IFA 2plan Wealth Management has launched its new Midlands regional office, in Birmingham's...

MIF LATEST: Brains and brands

Recent highlights from Marketing Innovation Forum (MIF), a free online service where advisers and...

Assurant Intermediary adds free service to aid the unemployed

Assurant Intermediary is adding a free advice service to its MPPI policy to help...

Call for foreign lenders to boost UK market

Realpricecomparison.com has claimed there are only 71 lenders offering variable mortgages now compared with...

Estate agents fall foul of lender valuations

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has claimed that lenders are undervaluing residential...

Fixed rate adoption via intermediaries &quotat record levels&quot

Paragon's Financial Advisor Confidence Tracker research, a panel survey of mortgage intermediaries, found that...

North-south divide appearing in housing market

8% more chartered surveyors expect prices to rise rather than fall over the next...

Mortgage levels up almost a quarter

There were 45,000 house purchase loans, worth £5.9 billion, up 23% from 36,500 loans...

Double digit house price fall year-on-year

UK house prices in June were 10.7% lower than one year ago, according to...

Cattles sells invoice discount business

experienced management team with the resources needed for continued expansion

No alternative to equity release by 2029?

Over 65s will own at least £1.5 trillion of equity in their homes by...

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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