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Octopus Legacy and Shepherds Friendly launch simplified life cover to close protection gap

Octopus Legacy, the estate planning provider, has joined with mutual society Shepherds Friendly to...

AI adoption set to define mortgage market trajectory in 2026

The mortgage sector is expected to prioritise technology-driven efficiency and service improvements as lenders...

Aspen completes £2.55m bridge-to-let in three days

Aspen has completed a £2.55 million bridge-to-let facility on a semi-commercial Bristol development after...

The Yorkshire integrates Cotality platform to support faster, data-driven lending

Yorkshire Building Society has adopted Cotality’s Lender Hub platform, incorporating automated valuation model technology...

Paragon widens streamlined process to HMOs and multi-unit blocks

Paragon Bank has expanded its streamlined buy-to-let mortgage application process to cover houses in...

ColCap UK passes major buy-to-let milestone as lending platform expands

ColCap Financial UK, the parent company of specialist lender Molo, has passed £1 billion...

Stance Asset Finance hires Alex Fowler ahead of 2026 launch

Stance Asset Finance has named Alex Fowler as broker development manager as the lender...

Shared ownership emerges as key route onto the property ladder

Connells Group has reported a sharp rise in first-time buyer activity, with registrations up...

Atom bank sees commercial mortgage offers hit record levels

Atom bank has recorded its strongest ever quarter for commercial mortgage offers, marking a...

OPDA calls on housing market to respond to proposed reforms

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has urged the industry to engage with the...

Equifinance completes second securitisation as investor demand strengthens

Equifinance has completed its second public securitisation, with the £260 million East One 2025-1...

Research highlights widespread concern over lenders’ tech readiness

More than two-thirds of mortgage lenders are uncertain about their capacity to implement emerging...

Zoopla: Rental demand slips as buyers return

Zoopla’s latest Rental Market Report shows the rental sector entering a new phase of...

New vulnerability guidance raises the bar for firms’ systems and oversight

Financial services firms are being urged to overhaul their IT systems after new industry...

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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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