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Loss-making Northern Rock prepares for ultimate privatisation

Northern Rock has reported a statutory loss before tax for six months to 30...

Nationwide repricing doesn’t help low deposit holders

Following Nationwide's announced plans to cut the rates on 44 fixed and tracker rate...

PMS offers will service

PMS has unveiled PMS Wills, a fee-paying referral service initially available for intermediaries in...

COMMENT: Bundles of funds

Bob Hunt, chief executive of Paradigm Mortgage Services, is watched Abbey's bundled strategy with...

Prospector adds shared ownership schemes

TrigoldCrystal sourcing users can now search for shared ownership mortgage schemes The new function accessed...

FSA bans Cornish broker

The FSA has banned Cornwall mortgage broker Stephen Sanders for submitting at least three...

Mortgage Brain to offer online and offline sourcing

Mortgage Brain is set to launch a new mortgage sourcing system in October It claims...

Mansfield unveils 5.09% five-year direct deal

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced a new five year fixed rate mortgage product. The...

OFT consults over irresponsible lending

The Office of Fair Trading has launched a consultation on draft guidance setting out...

Scottish Provident improves critical illness cover

Scottish Provident has extended the number of critical illnesses and disabilities it covers on...

FSA slammed by parliament over the Dunfermline

The Scottish Affairs Committee has concluded that FSA failed in its supervision of Dunfermline...

Regulator imposes public censure on Cheshire Life & Pensions

The FSA has imposed a public censure on a Derbyshire financial advice firm for...

Tiuta moves back into 75% LTV bridging

Specialist lender Tiuta is returning to 75% bridging funding It is offering facilities of 75%...

Call for national savings scheme for first-time buyers

Almost 80% of Britons believe the Government should encourage young first-time homebuyers to start...

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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