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Construction output posts sharpest fall in almost two years

UK construction activity suffered its steepest quarterly decline since early 2023 as economic uncertainty...

Positive Lending expands regional sales team with new appointment

Specialist packager Positive Lending has appointed Dean Preston as regional account manager as it...

Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let

Three decades into a career she never really planned, Louisa Sedgwick sits at the...

LendInvest funds £17.3m bulk acquisition bridge at 90% LTV

LendInvest has completed a £17.3m portfolio bridging loan to support the bulk acquisition of...

Pepper Money trims residential pricing and adds free valuations to buy-to-let range

Pepper Money has reduced rates across its Pepper48 residential range and introduced free valuations...

Metro Bank lifts income multiples across residential mortgage range

Metro Bank has enhanced affordability across its residential mortgage range, increasing income multiples for...

Masthaven cuts bridging rates and broadens AVM use

Masthaven Finance has updated its bridging proposition with rate cuts across key products, wider...

Furness Building Society partners with Gen H to widen access to homeownership

Furness Building Society has entered into a partnership with residential mortgage lender Gen H...

Mid-market real estate lender Pallas Capital launches UK operation

Pallas Capital, a non-bank bridging and development lender with a £1.8 billion loan book,...

Foundation simplifies brand as it drops ‘Home Loans’ from name

Specialist lender Foundation has unveiled a new brand identity, marking what it describes as...

West One cuts residential mortgage rates by up to 25bps

West One has reduced rates across its residential mortgage range, with cuts of up...

FCA secures £265,523 confiscation order against peer-to-peer fraudster

The Financial Conduct Authority has obtained a confiscation order worth more than £265,000 against...

US exodus lifts demand for prime London homes

A rising number of Americans leaving the United States is helping to fuel demand...

Suffolk widens lending criteria to support more complex households

Suffolk Building Society has introduced a series of criteria changes aimed at expanding access...

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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