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Paragon moves into landlord insurance

A residential landlord insurance division, Redbrick Landlords Insurance, has been set up by the...

Home Buyer Systems launches screen-to-screen sharing

Home Buyer Systems has unveiled a new service that enables brokers to communicate with...

TMA moves back into protection

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has re-launched its protection offering with the introduction of the...

New sales and marketing director for State Securities

State Securities has appointed Barry Hutchings as sales and marketing director The asset based lender...

Lending picks up in June

Gross mortgage lending in June was up 17% on the previous month's figure Lending was...

New deals from first direct

first direct has unveiled two new fixed rate offset mortgages There is a two-year deal...

Funding gap still crippling commercial market

Specialist commercial mortgage lender Business Lending has warned that it is still too early...

Opposition parties to outline banking regulation plans

The Conservatives have said they would scrap the FSA and put the Bank of...

Intermediaries still ‘dominate’ mortgage lending

Figures released last week by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, using FSA data, showed...

RDR forces a review of your technology, Focus tells advisers

Following the announcement of the FSAs' RDR Consultation Paper (CP 09/18) Focus Solutions has...

FSA appoints senior adviser

The FSA has announced the appointment of Gareth Adams as a senior adviser. Adams...

Cattles’ lenders extend facility until end of 2009

Cattles has extended its bank facility arrangements until the end of December The embattled lender...

Self-build enquiries up at Buildstore

Self build mortgage specialist BuildStore has reported "significant&rdquo demand for its self build services...

Abbey launches four-year fix and loyalty exclusive

Abbey has brought out a four-year fix at 85% LTV with a rate of...

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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