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National Friendly added to Right DA Club panel

The Right DA Club has added protection and private medical insurance (PMI) provider, National...

Marsden BS increases retirement mortgage LTVs

Marsden Building Society has announced a rise in the loan to value (LTV) across...

GetGround adds lettings & management service

GetGround has launched a Lettings & Management service for landlords and investors. The property investment...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries launches Limited Edition buy-to-let one-year fix

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of the OSB Group, has unveiled a new...

HREF completes £5.3m bridge for Manchester developer

Hilco Real Estate Finance (HREF) has completed a £5.3m bridging loan to Manchester-based property...

UK adults expect to live to 85

Canada Life has released its inaugural Life100+ report, the first in a series of...

SimplyBiz Mortgages introduces specialist high-net-worth support offering

SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a high-net-worth (HNW) panel, designed to allow advisers to access...

Skipton’s new Track Record deal offers £1,000 cashback

Skipton Building Society is launching tomorrow (16 October) a new Track Record product which...

Metro Bank to partner with PEXA for “frictionless conveyancing”

PEXA has announced that Metro Bank plans to work with them to explore how...

Misconceptions surround CCJs and mortgage applications

26% of people believe they need to wait at least five years after receiving...

September rent and mortgages spending up year-on-year

The increase in rent and mortgage spending accelerated in September, rising 4.5% year-on-year, following...

Smart Money People launches working group around vulnerable customers

Smart Money People has launched a new cross-industry working group focused on creating better...

RAW Capital Partners issues buy-to-let deal in four days

RAW Capital Partners has delivered a buy-to-let mortgage in four days to provide its...

Zephyr unveiled ‘white glove’ offering for portfolio landlords

Zephyr Homeloans has announced a ‘white glove’ service for property portfolio landlords. As part of...

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Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

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Foundation cuts buy-to-let rates and relaxes holiday-let occupancy rules

Foundation has reduced rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to 0.10 percentage points...

FintechOS: Firms have two years to embrace AI or get left behind

Financial services firms have no more than two years to embed artificial intelligence into...

Financial services must move beyond AI experimentation to deliver real returns

Financial services firms risk wasting substantial investment in artificial intelligence unless they fundamentally rethink...

RAW Capital Partners sets new lending record as product range expands

RAW Capital Partners has reported record annual lending volumes for 2026, surpassing its total...

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