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FCA fines Metro Bank £10m for incorrect investor information

The FCA has fined Metro Bank PLC £10,002,300 for breaching the Listing Rules by...

Tandem Bank unveils remortgage product range

Tandem Bank has launched a remortgage portfolio of products, exclusively through the intermediary sector. The...

LiveMore expands BDM team

LiveMore has welcomed three new business development managers (BDMs) to its sales team. Darren Cunliffe...

Buckinghamshire BS reduces holiday let rates

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut the rate to 5.99% on its two-year fixed rate...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts product transfer rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has improved its product transfer offering for existing customers with reduced rates. The...

More over-55s considering working past retirement age

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze household income, new research from Canada Life...

West One launches new fixed rates from 5.55%

West One Loans has introduced a new range of limited edition two and five-year...

CSS Training Academy passes graduate landmark

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), the supplier of valuation panel management services, has delivered a...

Somo unveils three new appointments

Specialist lending firm Somo Bridging is preparing for further growth in 2023 with the...

Grenville Turner becomes chairman of Silbury Finance

Silbury Finance, the development lender backed by Oaktree Capital Management, has appointed Grenville Turner...

United Trust Bank launches new 5-year BTL fixed rate

UTB Mortgages for Intermediaries has launched a new ‘limited edition’ buy-to-let five-year fixed rate...

FCA outlines how mortgage firms should be supporting borrowers

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out ways that mortgage firms can help...

Half of new FTB mortgages have terms over 30 years

Half of all first-time buyers in the UK, and over a quarter of home...

MPowered Mortgages revamps fixed rate offering

MPowered Mortgages has lowered rates across its two and three-year fixed ranges, and introduced...

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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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,...

Rosemount adopts intelliflo office for adviser network

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has integrated intelliflo office as its new customer relationship management...

Untangled appoints Mark Harrison as chief commercial officer

Legal finance lender Untangled has appointed Mark Harrison as chief commercial officer, with responsibility...

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