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Over 55,000 downloads of UKMortgages app

Mortgage Brain has reported that over 55,000 consumer downloads of its mobile app,...

Stonebridge makes good start to the year

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has made a strong start to 2013...

15% rise in South East house prices over last six months

The national average asking price of a property coming to market is over a...

New Help to Buy deal from Teachers Building Society

Teachers Building Society has launched a Help to Buy mortgage deal, which offers both...

OFT suspends a credit licence for the first time

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today suspended, with immediate effect, the consumer...

LV= cuts lifetime rates

LV='s lifetime mortgage interest rates have been cut by 20 basis points. For customers up...

Avelo Trigold unveils new buy-to-let sourcing tool

Avelo Trigold is now starting to offer a new 'enhanced buy-to-let' module as...

LSL offers exclusives from Leeds BS

The Leeds Building Society has launched two exclusives for the LSL group. The pair of...

Co-op Bank to be rescued by ‘bail-in’

The Co-operative Bank has agreed a deal with the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) to...

Pendulum has swung in favour of secured loans, claims distributor

Secured loans are more likely to be agreed than remortgages according to secured loans...

19th consecutive month of year-on-year growth for seconds

Loans Warehouse's lastest secured loans index has revealed that secured lending last month was...

Precise Mortgages cuts rates on buy-to-let

Precise Mortgages has reduced rates on its buy-to-let range by up to 1.25...

Ex-broker pleads guilty to 12 criminal offences

Michael Joseph James Lewis has pleased guilty to 10 counts of breaching the general...

Aldermore aims at agriculture and ground care markets

Aldermore is targeting both the agriculture and ground care markets, as it look extends...

COMMENT

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...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

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Half of solo buyers lack income protection despite adviser input

Nearly half of solo mortgage holders have no income protection in place, even though...

Record surge in buy-to-let companies as landlords pivot

A record 66,587 buy-to-let limited companies were incorporated in 2025 due to more landlords...

House prices pause after strongest January start since 2020

Asking prices for newly listed homes were effectively flat in February, edging down by...

NACFB bolsters broker representation with two board appointments

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers has confirmed the appointment of John Kent...

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