Mortgages

Tesco Bank lending up 11.6%

Tesco Bank has reported a pre-tax profit (before exceptional items) of £89m for the...

Pepper unveils five-year fixes

Pepper Homeloans has launched a range of five-year residential fixed rates for borrowers who...

The Mansfield partners with Mortgage Intelligence

The Mansfield Building Society has been added to the Mortgage Intelligence panel of lenders....

First Complete holding UK forums this month

First Complete is hosting 15 mortgage forums across the UK during October. The network will...

New residential and BTL deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on residential and buy-to-let mortgages. A...

Self-employed still having difficulties securing mortgages

12% of self-employed workers have been turned down for first-time mortgages or remortgages, despite often...

MBE London reveals seminar and panel debate details

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced details for the series of seminars and panel debates it...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

The Leeds unveils new 10-year fix

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new 10-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.75%, with...

New discount deals from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched two new discounted Standard Variable Rate deals. The mortgages,...

Accord removes residential application processing fee

Accord Mortgages has removed its mortgage application processing fee. This means borrowers will no longer...

The Mortgage Lender ups proc fees 

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is increasing procuration fees by £300 for applications received from...

SimplyBiz Mortgages teams up with Twenty7Tec

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec Group to offer its club members access to the Twenty7Tec...

Home-buying myths ‘shattered’

According to Virgin Money's analysis of 1,007 homeowners’ buying preferences, personal and household safety (83%),...

COMMENT

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...

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...

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...

Latest news

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...

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...

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%,...

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