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Details sketchy on ‘new’ Help to Buy

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the progress report announced by the...

Approvals up 33% year-on-year

Gross mortgage borrowing of £8.9bn in June was higher than in May and the...

The Leeds launches dedicated holiday let range

Leeds Building Society has launched a new dedicated range of holiday let products. The mutual...

Buyers queuing up for Prime London property

The average property in Prime Central London is now worth more than £2 million,...

June fall in gross remortgage lending

Monthly gross remortgage lending fell by £462m in June to £3.5bn, according to latest...

Trio sentenced for estate agency fraud

Three people have been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court for fraudulent property sales generating...

New mortgages from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made a series of changes across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

First Complete kicks off regional round tables

First Complete has launched a series of five regional round tables today (22 July),...

New two-year buy-to-let fix from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has launched a new two-year fixed rate, with zero product fee. The buy-to-let...

Homeowners advised to check policies for garden cover

37% of UK homeowners don’t know if the contents of their garden are...

Santander moves into Help to Buy

Santander for Intermediaries is launching a range of Help to Buy Equity Loan mortgages. The...

RIAS unveils 20% off home insurance promotion

Over 50s insurance provider RIAS is offering new customers one fifth off their home...

Aegon improves protection proposition

Aegon UK has made a number of key changes to the underwriting requirements for...

Financial exclusion hits private rental tenants

New research reveals that many tenants in private rented accommodation, Britain’s fastest growing housing...

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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OSB Group appoints BDM for the South West and South Wales

OSB Group has appointed John Hoole as business development manager to support brokers across...

Gen H cuts core fixed rates by up to 20bps

Gen H has reduced selected fixed rates by up to 20 basis points (bps)...

Just Mortgages restructures compliance oversight with dedicated supervision team

Just Mortgages has launched a new quality and compliance supervision team as part of...

Hope Capital promotes Cowan to CFOO role

Hope Capital Property Finance has promoted Kate Cowan to chief financial and operating officer...

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