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Accord Mortgages cuts selection of fixed rates

Accord Mortgages has cut interest rates on selected residential products by up to 0.20...

0.9% house price rise

The Land Registry has reported an annual house price increase of 0.9% in March. This...

New chair for Consumer Panel

Sue Lewis has been appointed the new chair of the independent Financial Services Consumer...

Y3S completes Shawbrook’s first buy-to-let secured loan

Y3S has completed the first buy-to-let secured loan for Shawbrook, just 18 days after...

New three-year deal from the Saffron

Saffron Building Society has unveiled a three-year fixed rate without any early repayment charges,...

Highest number of million-pound properties for five years

The number of properties selling for over £1 million rose in 2012, reaching the...

London continuing to drive house price growth

House prices gained 0.3% over April, according to Hometrack. Demand in London has grown three...

Strong growth for the new build market

The average house price of new build property in the UK has risen by...

Paradigm to hold round table in Watford

Paradigm Mortgage Services is holding a mortgage round table event in May. It is open...

ScotProv reveals latest cancer statistics

Bowel cancer was the second most claimed for form of cancer last year, according...

Local children’s hospice supported by H&R

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is to donate £1,250 to the East Midlands...

Consumers’ interests need to be central to lender business models

The Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) chairman has warned that the mortgage market will...

Shawbrook Bank to expand commercial team

Shawbrook Bank is looking to grow its commercial lending team. It wants to...

Key analysis of FTB disenfranchisement published

Delays in getting on the housing ladder will cost the average first-time buyer over...

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...

Latest news

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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