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Phoebus and Crown cheer 10-year milestone

Phoebus Software and Crown Mortgage Management are celebrating a decade of working together, during...

Tenet calls for protection trade body

There is a need for a dedicated protection trade body, Tenet has claimed. Reasons it...

SBSLS becomes Shawbrook preferred partner

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) is now a preferred partner of Shawbrook...

Manchester Business Expo cancelled

This year’s Mortgage Business Expo Manchester 2013 will now not take place. It was due...

New EU mortgage rules backed by deVere UK

The new EU rules for mortgages provide improved protection for consumers, but regulators need...

New 10-year fix from the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society is offering a new 10-year fixed rate mortgage. It is priced at...

Virgin Money tweaks mortgage range

Virgin Money has made a number of changes to its residential mortgage range. Key Residential...

Triple dip recession narrowly avoided

Initial estimates for GDP over the first three months of 2013 show the UK...

NatWest IS cuts rates on 18 deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making a series of rate cuts tomorrow across its Core...

LifeQuote now an option for Positive Solutions partners

Positive Solutions is now making LifeQuote available to all partners. Positive Solutions Partners...

Crystal boosted by improving commercial market

Crystal Mortgages’ first quarter figures have surpassed those from the same period last year. The...

Increase in owner-occupied housing stock

Over the last 15 years the total owner occupied housing stock has increased from...

New 2.49% three-year deal from N&P

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has unveiled a new, 'low fee' three-year fixed...

FLS expansion given mixed reception

The Bank of England has extended the time period for the Funding for...

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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