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Average UK house price breaks £300k as market steadies at start of 2026

House prices rose in January, reversing December’s decline and pushing the average UK property...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment...

House price growth ticks up as affordability boosts buyers

UK house price growth edged higher in January with values rising modestly as improving...

Mortgage market cools as remortgaging rebounds

UK mortgage activity steadied in December as house purchase approvals slipped but remortgaging gathered...

Mortgage pressure eases as rates fall

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

NatWest launches 6 x income and broker WhatsApp support

NatWest is giving buyers and remortgagers a major lift increasing loan-to-income (LTI) limits for...

Affordable areas drive house price growth

Lower-priced areas delivered the strongest house price growth in 2025 as affordability, connectivity and...

MT Finance cuts commercial rates and unveils 80% LTV HMO deal

MT Finance has reduced rates across its commercial lending range while unveiling a new...

Brilliant adds Scroll Finance to loans panel

Brilliant Group has added Scroll Finance to the secured loans panel of its specialist...

The Vernon targets professional borrowers with new mortgage range

Vernon Building Society has launched a new mortgage range aimed at professional borrowers whose...

Inflation rise seen as temporary as rate cut hopes remain

UK inflation ticked higher at the end of last year but is still expected...

Half of UK homes rise in value as northern markets outperform South

Around half of the UK’s 30m homes increased in value during 2025 with gains...

Nationwide extends six times income lending to movers and remortgagers

Britain’s biggest building society has widened access to higher loan-to-income borrowing, extending six times...

Hinckley & Rugby expands higher-LTV lending

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has unveiled a broad update to its mortgage range,...

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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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