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MBE reveals London speakers and seminar programme

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced that Rob Elder from the Bank of England...

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 95bps

Pepper Money has made its largest rate reduction so far during 2023, with rates...

ASTL unveils latest associate member

MJ Group has become the latest professional organisation to join the Association of Short...

Virgin Money unveils new exclusive deals

Virgin Money is launching New Business fixed rate mortgage products. The lender is adding the...

Source Insurance renews Whenfresh relationship

General insurance (GI) quotation provider Source Insurance has bolstered its partnership with property data...

117% rise in 35+ year mortgage take-up

Quilter has established that the number of people taking out mortgages with terms of...

Keystone Property Finance reduces rates by up to 65bps

Keystone Property Finance, the specialist buy-to-let lender, has reduced rates across its complete range...

Integra joins Paymentshield panel

General insurance solutions provider Paymentshield has revealed that specialist insurer Integra has joined its...

Nottingham BS improves mortgage criteria

Nottingham Building Society has announced the latest in a series of mortgage criteria changes...

The Right Mortgage launches new PMI Demands & Needs Statement

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club has announced details of its...

InterBay appoints specialist finance account manager

OSB Group has promoted Charlotte Parker to specialist finance account manager (SFAM) for the...

Alternative Bridging hires underwriting head

Alternative Bridging Corporation has appointed Claire O’Brien as head of underwriting. O’Brien (pictured), who...

E.surv and Foundation Home Loans agree new valuations deal

E.surv has announced a new valuation services agreement with Paratus AMC (trading as Foundation...

Consumer Duty to drive growth in protection recommendations

According to new adviser research conducted by Guardian about the impact of Consumer Duty...

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The two-year fix isn’t advice. It’s a diary entry

5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%. On those...

Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a house deposit, with a 25% government bonus on eligible savings...

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

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Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a...

Employers struggle to engage staff with financial wellbeing support

Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite...

Defaqto extends Matrix 360 to protection and wealth providers

Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...

Marshall and Cooke join Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...

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