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Early 2040s will see retirement income crisis point reached

The UK is less than two decades from crisis point where nearly three in...

Economic potential of UK home building revealed

In 2023, home building in England and Wales generated £53.3bn of economic output and...

Royal London looks for new chair

Royal London's chair, Kevin Parry, has informed the insurance firm's board that he does...

Barclays cuts rates and unveils new products

Barclays is launching a range of new products designed to appeal to first-time buyers...

Residential by Foundation launches Limited Edition remortgage fixes

Residential by Foundation has announced the launch of new Limited Edition, Remortgage Only, Fee-assisted...

Rental yield rises slow down

Fleet Mortgages has published the latest iteration of its Buy-to-Let Rental Barometer covering Q3...

Gen H updates policy for utilities and communications defaults

Gen H has announced updates to how it treats missed utilities and communications payments...

Landlords concerned about Section 21 abolition plans

75% of landlords are very concerned about plans to abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’...

Aspen provides £6.95m dev loan in five days

Aspen has completed a £6.95m light development loan at 75% LTV in five days...

Signature appoints new relationship manager

Signature Property Finance has appointed Richard Winston as its relationship manager for the South...

West One Loans hires two new BDMs

West One Loans has expanded its business development manager (BDM) team with two new...

Time Finance appoints invoice finance relationship manager

Time Finance has appointed Ann Geater as a relationship manager within its invoice finance...

Starling Bank fined £29m for systems and controls failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Starling Bank Limited £28,959,426 for financial crime...

Saffron BS cuts rates and adds new contractor and self-employed options

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate reductions across its complete product range and also...

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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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