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SimplyBiz Mortgages offers Hinckley & Rugby exclusive
SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a 90% LTV three year fixed rate exclusive through Hinckley...
13 May 2016
Connect adds Kensington to panel
Connect for Intermediaries has become the latest specialist distributor to partner with Kensington. The specialist...
13 May 2016
MPC holds the bank rate
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted unanimously to...
12 May 2016
Advisers concerned over long-term BTL prospects
There has been a small rise in the volume of buy-to-let business being written...
12 May 2016
CML: repossession rate “lowest on record”
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that the number of repossessions in...
12 May 2016
Keystone to provide split stress tests
On 14 June Keystone Property Finance will introduce separate stress tests for individual and...
12 May 2016
National Counties partners with SimplyBiz Mortgages
The National Counties Building Society and the Family Building Society have joined SimplyBiz Mortgages'...
12 May 2016
CML Wales chair wants collaboration with government
The chair of the CML in Wales has expressing the importance of collaboration between...
12 May 2016
The Skipton cuts new build rates
The Skipton Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.34 percentage points on two-year new...
12 May 2016
Lowest 2-year fix launched by the Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Building Society has launched what it says is the lowest fixed rate...
12 May 2016
Brightstar reveals EasySource launch date
Brightstar has announced that its specialist sourcing system and case management tool, EasySource, will...
12 May 2016
Belmont Green to use Vida Homeloans brand
Belmont Green, the self-styled 'challenger mortgage lender', has confirmed it has trademarked the Vida...
11 May 2016
Consumers “unaware of alternative finance offering”
Research from Together found that almost a half of those surveyed believed that credit rating would...
11 May 2016
OSB posts Q1 trading update
OneSavings Bank plc has reported that net loans and advances grew by £460m during...
11 May 2016
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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
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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