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Equity withdrawal for portfolio expansion reaches highest level since records began

Landlords remortgaging in the first half of the year withdrew £1.94 billion in equity...

Atom bank provides £3.2m facility to refinance Worcestershire distillery unit

Atom bank has delivered a £3.2 million refinancing facility for a landlord seeking to...

Sesame Bankhall Group appoints Shane Wright as chief technology officer

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Shane Wright as chief technology officer, a newly...

Afin Bank raises LTV to 95% and cuts rates across Prime and Professional ranges

Afin Bank has increased the maximum loan to value on its Prime and Professional...

Norton Home Loans joins MAB lender panel to support complex borrowing needs

Norton Home Loans has joined the Mortgage Advice Bureau lender panel, giving advisers across...

NACFB appoints Simon Featherstone as new chair for two-year term

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has appointed Simon Featherstone as its new...

Access FS agrees new referral fee partnership with two conveyancing portals

Access Financial Services has entered into a new partnership with Broker Conveyancing and SortRefer,...

Developers urge Chancellor to plug ‘gaping hole’ in FTB support

Housebuilders have called on the Chancellor to use Wednesday’s Budget to revive support for...

Estate agency boss calls for investment and incentives as Budget speculation centres on tax rises

A leading London estate agency chief has warned that the government risks undermining the...

Surveyors warn property tax plans risk ‘chaos’

Surveyors have urged the Chancellor to use Wednesday’s Budget to set out how any...

Survey highlights strongest funding demand in hospitality, leisure and construction

Hospitality, leisure and construction firms are generating the strongest demand for business finance, according...

Rightmove: Budget uncertainty weighs on upper-end sales

Fresh data from Rightmove indicates that mounting speculation over tax changes in tomorrow’s Budget...

Landmark appointee to lead business development and industry partnerships

Landmark has appointed Nick Dyoss as its new group business development and relationships director,...

The Teachers widens access to high LTI mortgages for education professionals

Teachers Building Society has expanded the borrowing capacity available through its Teachers for Intermediaries...

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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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