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adverse credit
Over 15m adults in UK with adverse credit
The latest Pepper Money Specialist Lending Study has stated that more than 15 million...
30 September 2024
Pepper Money launches 2024 Specialist Lending Study
Pepper Money has launched its 2024 Specialist Lending Study at an invitation-only event in...
29 September 2024
Atom bank cuts prime & near-prime rates
Atom bank has reduced rates across both its Near Prime and Prime product ranges. Rates...
26 September 2024
Pepper Money to mark five years of its Specialist Lending Study
Pepper Money has announced the launch of its 2024 Specialist Lending Study, marking the...
19 September 2024
Norton Home Loans ups max loan size and LTV
Norton Home Loans has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) ratio and a...
18 September 2024
Pepper Money improves criteria for those snubbed by high street
Pepper Money has made a series of criteria improvements to make its mortgages more...
16 September 2024
Atom Bank lowers near prime and prime rates
Atom bank has made a series of cuts across rates on both its Near...
12 September 2024
Pepper Money cuts rates for those who are ‘just off the high street’
Pepper Money has reduced rates across its range by up to 1.00% to provide...
12 September 2024
Alexander Hall completes quick mortgage for adverse customer
Alexander Hall has completed a mortgage with Pepper Money for a client with a...
11 September 2024
Buckinghamshire BS cuts rates and makes term changes
Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across its...
4 September 2024
Residential by Foundation cuts prices reintroduces 65% LTV products
Residential by Foundation has announced a series of price cuts by up to 50...
22 August 2024
Consumer concerns over credit discrimination on the rise
29% of UK adults - the equivalent of 14.8 million - report that previous...
21 August 2024
Tapping into the specialist lending market
Demand for specialist mortgages has risen significantly over the last few years as a...
18 August 2024
West One joins L&C’s residential and BTL panels
West One Loans has been added to London & Country Mortgages’ (L&C) panel of...
13 August 2024
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COMMENT
Cover
The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it
There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...
12 February 2026
First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals
As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...
10 February 2026
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...
6 February 2026
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...
5 February 2026
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...
4 February 2026
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Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%
Santander will cut rates by up to 0.32% across its 85%-95% LTV first-time buyer...
13 February 2026
First-time buyers
First-time buyer solo females outpace couples
More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...
13 February 2026
News
Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes
Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...
13 February 2026
Buy-to-let
North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%
The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...
13 February 2026
PROFILES
Michael Day on why conditional selling remains an industry flashpoint
Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let
Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market