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LSL offers Skipton 85% LTV exclusive

LSL Property Services Group has agreed an exclusive 85% LTV mortgage with Skipton Building...

Shawbrook pilots mainstream buy-to-let proposition

Shawbrook Bank is piloting two new mainstream buy-to-let products with three of its...

71-day average house sale time in London

The average asking price in London reached a record £380,904 in June 2013,...

RICS: housing market on road to recovery

The housing market in the UK looks to have finally turned a corner as...

Bridging customers want certainty, not rapid funds

According to brokers the majority of bridging loan proposals take between two and four...

Principality supports rugby club

Principality Building Society's Mold branch has provided 20 new rugby shirts for Clwb Rygbi...

Prestige Finance streamlines packaging process

Prestige Finance has announced changes to its packaging process. The secured loan lender, which...

Average BTL rate down by 33bps: TBMC

TBMC, the buy-to-let and commercial mortgage specialist, has published its Landlord Profile Tracking Index...

Bridgebank Capital reveals latest broker winners

Bridgebank Capital has announced the winners of its Broker of the Month and Deal...

12m Britons without a financial back-up plan

60% of the adult population say they do not have any financial protection in...

FTB lending at highest level since 2007

Lending to first-time buyers has reached its largest quarterly total since 2007 with 68,200...

PMS & Sesame launch 95% LTV exclusive

Members of PMS and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to a...

Castle Trust to target those in relationship break-up

Castle Trust is to to start trying to target couples who are divorcing/splitting up...

Brokers see H1 boost in business

Brokers saw an improvement in business in the first half of 2013, according to...

COMMENT

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 Bath adopts AI verification in push to streamline mortgage processing

Bath Building Society has partnered with fintech Sikoia to automate document handling, income verification...

FCA moves to simplify UK securitisation regime in joint reform with PRA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published Consultation Paper CP26/6, setting out proposed changes...

Chetwood Bank hires Simon Parish as south east business development manager

Chetwood Bank has appointed Simon Parish as business development manager for the South East,...

Finova strengthens leadership team with chief delivery officer appointment

Finova has appointed Anja Schneider as chief delivery officer as the cloud-based mortgage and...

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