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TMA Club launches pair of Principality exclusives

TMA Club has launched two new two-year fixed rate mortgage products with Principality Building...

Leeds BS unveils new 2-year fixed products

Leeds Building Society has launched two new fixed rate mortgages. The two-year products are available...

Foundation Home Loans cuts buy-to-let and owner occupier rates

Foundation Home Loans has made further price reductions across its owner-occupier and buy-to-let product...

Paradigm launches latest Consumer Duty guidance video

Paradigm has launched a new video providing an update for intermediaries on preparing for...

Platform to cut 2 & 5-year fixed rates

Platform is launching a new product range on Monday 20 February. The launch includes reductions...

Renting is ruining retirement dreams

The latest data from the Hargreaves Lansdown Savings and Resilience Barometer shows only 42%...

Berkeley Group signs up to Own New mortgage scheme

Own New has announced Berkeley Group as the latest housing developer to sign up...

OSB Group appoints savings director

Louise Halliwell has joined OSB Group as savings director. Halliwell has responsibility for all savings...

Home furnishings business receives £2.5m ABL facility

Esselle Retail Limited (ERL), a home furnishings business, has received a £2.5m asset-based lending...

UTB Asset Finance integrates new platform

United Trust Bank (UTB) has integrated a new technology platform into its asset finance...

SimplyBiz agrees PMI referral partnership with Usay Compare

SimplyBiz has partnered with PMI specialist, Usay Compare, to offer a referral service to...

Silver Marketing Association launches 50 Shades of Silver report

The Silver Marketing Association have launched a new report offering insight into segmenting the...

More support for landlords needed as tenants seek energy efficiency improvements

21% of tenants have spoken to their landlords about making energy efficiency improvements to...

Berkeley Alexander expands commercial team

General insurance provider Berkeley Alexander has recruited Danielle Hubert as a commercial account handler. This...

COMMENT

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...

Industry fantasy football league to raise funds for mental health charter

Mortgage and property finance professionals are being invited to join an industry-wide Fantasy Premier...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

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