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Renters’ Rights Act becomes law: Biggest shake-up in a generation

The Renters’ Rights Act has officially received Royal Assent, marking the most significant overhaul...

Assetz Capital lowers development finance rates to 8.35%

Assetz Capital has announced a cut in its headline rate for ground-up development finance...

Afin Bank joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Afin Bank has joined the Legal & General Mortgage Club lender panel, broadening the...

DPT Monitoring Surveyors launches Rapid Reports

DPT Monitoring Surveyors has unveiled Rapid Reports, a streamlined alternative to standard due diligence...

NI levy on landlords could push up rents and cut supply

Plans to extend National Insurance contributions to rental income could trigger a significant contraction...

Masthaven Finance secures £100m funding line

Masthaven Finance has agreed a £100 million funding facility with Macquarie Group in what...

Funding 365 and SPF Arrange £3.2m bridging for Belgravia properties

Funding 365 has completed a 0.72% per month semi-commercial bridging loan and a 0.79%...

Access FS launches specialist finance packaging division

Access Financial Services has launched a new internal division dedicated to specialist finance as...

Accord reduces affordability stress rates

Accord Mortgages has introduced changes to its affordability assessments designed to ease pressure on...

Aspen combines two projects under £4.3m bridge-to-let

Aspen has provided a £4.3 million bridge-to-let facility to an experienced family property business,...

Equity Release Council bolsters board with Barr hire

The Equity Release Council has appointed Caroline Barr as an independent non-executive director as...

Allica Bank acquires fintech Kriya in £1bn SME lending push

Allica Bank has acquired Kriya, the SME credit and payments fintech formerly known as...

Arc & Co. secures £1.5m Islamic finance deal for Nottingham office

Specialist adviser Arc & Co. has arranged a £1.49 million Islamic finance facility secured...

HTB appoints Paula Priest as Midlands BDM

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has expanded its specialist mortgages team with the appointment of...

COMMENT

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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