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Equity release market grows 29% in two years

Increased interest in equity release products has seen the total value of plans agreed...

Teachers Building Society appoints national account manager

The Teachers Building Society has appointed Colin Dorman as its national account manager. He will be...

CML: BTL and FTB markets improving at same time

Lending to first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors all increased in May, with a...

LV= launches relevant life cover business protection on LifeQuote

LV= has launched its new ‘Relevant Life Cover’ product on LifeQuote’s Business Protection area. Small...

New Coventry range includes offset deals

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage range, including two and five-year fixed residential...

New and reduced BTL deals from the Teachers

Teachers Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage and also reduced the...

Post Office’s latest mortgage rates “best ever”

The Post Office has added new deals to its mortgage offering. A new two-year tracker...

London rents fall year-on-year

Rents in London have fallen 10% in a year on year comparison from £2,378...

New deals from Abbey for Intermediaries

Abbey for Intermediaries has launched two new deals with no fee for borrowers with...

Housing market “finally looks set on the road to recovery”

The average house price in England & Wales in June is £364 (0.2%) higher...

High LTV lending at highest level since September 2008

House purchase lending to high LTV borrowers hit a four and a half year...

Bridgebank Capital reveals broker award winners

Bridgebank Capital has revealed the first successful winners of its Broker of the Month...

Euro area house prices down by 2.2%

House prices, as measured by the House Price Index (HPI), fell by 2.2% in...

Smart Money completes BTL secured loan in 96 hours

Smart Money Loans has claimed a record breaking time for completing a £20,000 buy-to-let...

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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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...

TwentyCi unveils property-level ESG and valuation tool for lenders

TwentyCi has launched EcoVal360, a new property-level API solution aimed at helping mortgage lenders...

Loan.co.uk hires Michelle Westley to drive intermediary growth

Loan.co.uk has appointed Michelle Westley as head of partnership marketing as the specialist lender...

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