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Keystone appoints business manager

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has appointed Rob Field as business manager for the...

Aldermore provides ‘end-to-end’ buy-to-let proposition

Aldermore has unveiled a new online service for landlords and brokers. The challenger bank says...

Record levels of bridging finance

Short-term business finance secured against real estate valued at a new record of £360m...

Colonial behind largest Shawbrook secured loan

Colonial Secured Loans has reported that it has just completed Shawbrook’s largest ever secured...

Zoopla acquires market intelligence firm

Zoopla Property Group has acquired VizziHome Ltd, a market intelligence business for UK property...

Omni Capital expands into retail finance

CPC Group, the owners of leading bridging lender Omni Capital, has acquired Watford-based Logical...

New lifetime tracker from HSBC

HSBC has launched a new tracker mortgage rate. The new fee-free lifetime tracker rate is available...

Virgin Money revises product offering

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

Retirement savings reach all-time low

Only 45% of those who could and should be preparing financially for their old...

The Leeds cuts fixed rates

The Leeds Building Society now has a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.09% between...

LV= offers ‘unique’ critical illness benefits

LV= has improved its critical illness (CI) cover. The changes include increasing the number of...

55% increase in mutual lending, year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £3.2 billion in...

Aldermore on the look out for top manufacturers

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and Aldermore have launched the hunt for the UK's best...

Scottish Widows publishes IP claims data for first time

Scottish Widows paid out 98% of life and 88% of critical illness claims last...

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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Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%

Santander will cut rates by up to 0.32% across its 85%-95% LTV first-time buyer...

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...

North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%

The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...

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