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New FTB product from Castle Trust

Castle Trust is offering a three-year fixed rate product for first time buyers in...

New B2B online proposition from Century 21 UK

Estate and letting agency franchise Century 21 UK has launched a brand new business...

Completions up 30% at Crystal Mortgages

Crystal Mortgages has reported a 30% year-to-date rise in completions and a 22% increase...

Scottish rental market hotting up, says letting agent

The latest analysis of the private rental market by Citylets shows that in the...

Scottish government expands shared equity funding

The Scottish government has announced a £62 million funding injection for those looking to...

National Counties unveils eight-year fixed rate

National Counties Building Society is now offering a mortgage targeted at borrowers approaching, or...

Valuations activity better than in 2007

Nine months in a row of year-on-year growth has seen the number of residential...

All regions see house price growth over Q2

£156 billion was added to the value of British homes during the second quarter...

Mayfair Bridging expands proposition

Mayfair Bridging has extended its FCA permissions for its peer to peer UCIS scheme...

Abbey for Intermediaries brand to disappear

Santander has decided to bring all its intermediary product brands together under a new...

Montello gets further institutional investment

Montello Bridging Finance has agreed a funding arrangement with an institutional fund manager. The...

Strong growth for second charge lending

There was a 5% increase in new consumer finance in May 2013, according to...

Homeowners turning to part exchange

The number of new home sales completed using part exchange has increased by 11%...

Bridgebank Capital hires head of compliance

Suzanna Walker has joined Bridgebank Capital's senior management team as head of compliance....

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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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...

Virgin Money’s residential and buy-to-let ranges see rate cuts and rises

Virgin Money is implementing a series of rate reductions and increases across residential and...

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