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Property transactions stretch to 123 days

Property transactions in England and Wales are taking an average of 123 days from...

Digitisation could already halve homebuying times

Digitisation already has the power to slash the time it takes to buy a...

The Cambridge launches new fixed rate RIO options

Cambridge Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage...

Mortgage pressure eases as rates fall

Mortgage affordability is on track to return to levels last seen in 2021 offering...

Conveybuddy adds Your Conveyancer to transactional conveyancing panel

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has expanded its transactional conveyancing panel with the addition of legal...

Skipton partners with Eligible to bring earlier engagement to mortgage renewals

Skipton Building Society has partnered with Eligible as part of a move to engage...

Uinsure names Phil Carr to head intermediary distribution push

Uinsure has appointed Phil Carr as intermediary director as it steps up investment in...

HTB adds lending director and promotes senior staff in development finance push

Hampshire Trust Bank has strengthened its development finance team with a new senior appointment...

Selina Finance adds Hometrack integration to support no-valuation lending

Selina Finance has launched a new no-valuation option for brokers after integrating Hometrack into...

FCA targets insurance industry over widening protection gap

The City watchdog has challenged insurers to do more to protect British households, warning...

Mortgage Mentors podcast marks first anniversary with role reversal episode

Jeremy Duncombe’s Mortgage Mentors podcast series has reached its first anniversary, marking 12 months...

Stonebridge posts sector-leading network growth

Stonebridge has recruited more firms than any other mortgage and protection network for the...

Early engagement urged as smart property data framework takes shape

Brokers are being encouraged to prepare for a fundamental change in how property data...

Hope Capital bolsters dual representation panel to speed up bridging completions

Hope Capital Property Finance has expanded its dual representation solicitor panel as it looks...

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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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