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TMW allows BTL borrowers to offer longer-term contracts

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has claimed to be the first mainstream buy-to-let lender to...

The Source provides clients with online document access

Source Insurance has committed to reducing its carbon footprint and announced that clients can...

40% rise in apps for Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society received over £54 million of mortgage applications in...

Shawbrook improves commercial proposition

Shawbrook Bank has made a number of changes across its commercial mortgages product range. Changes...

Exclusive Melton Mowbray deal for PMS and Sesame

PMS members and appointed representatives (ARs) of Sesame's network now have access to...

New look for InterBay

InterBay Commercial has unveiled a new look brand and website. The lender claims its new...

Berkeley Alexander improves Quote & Buy system

Berkeley Alexander has implemented the next stage in the evolution of its online Household...

Peer-to-peer lending outperforms AIM

Investments in peer-to-peer lending models have dramatically outpaced the alternative equity market, according to...

Month-on-month fall in Welsh house prices

The average price of a house in Wales was £151,821 in April, an increase...

New mortgage lending increases

Approvals for house purchase last month were up 24% over last May, according to...

UTB offers New York prize promotion

United Trust Bank is taking a stand at the NACFB Commercial Expo on 26...

Blemain makes key changes following broker feedback

Blemain Finance has made changes across a range of its products to lower costs...

Retention products “at odds with” principles of MMR

It is unlikely that retention products will satisfy client suitability principles in the post...

Brits reactive not proactive with financial planning

Financial planning is the task we are putting off the most when it comes...

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...

Latest news

Buy-to-let growth matches first-time buyers as demand holds

Buy-to-let lending is expanding at the same pace as first-time buyers and home movers,...

Access FS launches women-focused event

Access Financial Services is to host its first Women of Access event later this...

Tenant proximity to landlords linked to rental satisfaction

More than seven in 10 tenants in England say they are happy with their...

Professional landlords step up borrowing despite Renters’ Rights concerns

Professional landlords remain the principal source of buy-to-let borrowing and advice demand, even as...

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