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Paradigm’s next round table to be in Birmingham

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold its third mortgage round table event of the...

Scottish market “sailing into calmer waters”

The LSL/Acadametrics House Price Index for Scotland shows an increase of £1,082, or 0.8%,...

Aldermore extends funding of soft assets

Aldermore has extended its asset finance proposition by allowing approved brokers to submit new...

AFB elects representative to AMI board

The Association of Finance Brokers, the trade body for second mortgage professionals, will...

Scottish Widows makes key intermediary appointment

Scottish Widows has appointed Esther Dijsktra as head of intermediary protection propositions. She lead the...

Nationwide makes widespread rate cuts

Nationwide has cut all of its rates at 75% loan to value (LTV) and...

NatWest IS to accept Help to Buy and NewBuy applications

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be accepting mortgage applications from intermediary clients using the Help...

Economic uncertainly behind longer-term fix popularity

Yorkshire Building Society claims latest independent research backs up its own findings that more...

Consistent growth “yet to emerge” despite house purchase lending rise

The number of first-time buyers rose by 20% in March, according to the Council...

Bridgewater to hold equity release roundtable

Bridgewater Equity Release is to host a roundtable workshop event designed to support specialist...

Seventh consecutive monthly rise in valuation activity

There was an acceleration in valuations activity last month, with annual growth reaching 39%,...

RICS: Help to Buy boosting property market

Demand for property rose to its highest level in over three years during April,...

Smart Money Loans improves Rewards Scheme

Smart Money Loans (SML) has relaunched its Smart Rewards Scheme, in a move which...

The Leeds heralds employee of the year

Jonathan Bell has been named as the overall winner of the Excellence in Action...
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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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