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Brits spend £107bn on their self-employed network

Households across the country spend on average over £4,000 each year on a network...

Lack of affordable housing causing disenfranchisement

Research from Gocompare.com Mortgages has revealed the effect that the gap between housing supply...

Property not top for price rises in past 40 years

Online estate agent eMoov.co.uk has matched property prices against a number of other costs...

Real earnings squeeze worst since Victorian times

Workers in the UK are suffering the longest and most severe decline in real...

Team Vantage completes charity cycle challenge

Vantage Finance has completed its charity cycle, during which the team cycled for 10...

New five-year fix from Accord

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of five-year fixed rate mortgages for home buyers...

Media behind Brits overestimating their homes’ value

Media reports of housing bubbles and rising property prices in the last six months...

Money woes haunt nearly half of all UK adults

43% of the UK adult population have worries about making ends meet each month,...

Rebrand sees Key Retirement lose Solutions

Key Retirement Solutions has become Key Retirement in a rebranding exercise ahead of product...

Tesco Bank enters 90% LTV market

Tesco Bank has launched its first range of 90% LTV mortgage products. The range...

‘First’ peer-to-peer tracker product unveiled

Landbay, a recent entrant to the peer-to-peer (p2p) lending market, has launched two new...

Possible slowing down of house price inflation

The average price paid for a home in England & Wales last month was...

Poor communication biggest gripe with estate agents

60% of people that have bought or sold a property in the last five...

FLA: continued growth for second charge market

There was an 11% growth in overall consumer finance new business in the 12...

COMMENT

Jonny Palmer: Taking on the world’s toughest foot race

On 3 April I’ll be attempting what is considered the toughest foot race on earth: Marathon Des Sables Legendary. When I type that into a...

Why straightforward buy-to-let cases are becoming increasingly rare

The idea of a truly straightforward buy-to-let case now feels increasingly distant. As portfolios grow in size and complexity and borrowing needs evolve alongside...

Technology: from transformation to stewardship

For most of the modern history of UK mortgage lending, stability has not simply been a preference – it has been a necessity. Boards have...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release or a maturing interest-only case. It is now a consistent and...

What does the year hold for specialist first charge residential mortgages?

A few months into 2026, it is already clear that many borrowers continue to fall outside the criteria set by high street and mainstream...

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Brightstar looks to Armed Forces leavers in drive to widen mortgage talent pool

Brightstar Group is piloting a new initiative aimed at bringing Service Leavers and Veterans...

Terry Blackburn on building a community for mortgage brokers

At 19, Terry Blackburn was knocking on doors trying to sell life insurance to...

The Yorkshire cuts mortgage rates by up to 28bps

Yorkshire Building Society has reduced rates across its mortgage range, with cuts of up...

Industry fundraiser launched after MFS staff go unpaid

Staff at Market Financial Solutions (MFS) were due to be paid on Friday 27...

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