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Leeds staff lending a hand in local community

Earlier this year Leeds Building Society embarked upon a new formal volunteering initiative, 'Lending...

Bridging brokers expect continuing house prices rises

55% of brokers expect property values in their area to increase this year with...

UK rents reach new highs

July was a record month in the private rented sector, after rents across the...

MAB has most successful month in 13 years

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) recorded an 82% annual increase in mortgage business last month,...

Julian Harris Network selects preferred distributor

Julian Harris has chosen Brilliant Solutions as its preferred distributor of specialist lending. All of...

Downsizing strategy prevalent among interest-only customers

Around four out of five interest-only mortgage customers are relying wholly or partly on...

3mc pilots with Shawbrook and Magellan

Mortgage distributor 3mc is providing packaging support to Shawbrook Bank and Magellan Homeloans, who...

SBG adds group risk products to restricted advice proposition

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is bolstering its restricted advice proposition for advisers and their...

TBMC offers Shawbrook second charge buy-to-let deal

TBMC has launched a second charge buy-to-let loan with Shawbrook Bank aimed at...

Asking prices continue to rise

The average asking prices in Great Britain have increased every month this year mostly...

Introducers provide business boost to borro

Personal asset lender borro has seen an 40% rise in sign-ups to its Introducer...

Inflation wiping out retirees’ purchasing power

The latest inflation figure leaves UK households collectively needing to find an extra £18bn...

FCA data reporting proposals challenged by CML

Proposed changes by the Financial Conduct Authority in lenders' data reporting requirements "represent a...

Pickles claims Help to Buy “working well”

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme has seen 10,000 reservations for new build...
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PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

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...

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The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

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Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

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