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Best French mortgage rates for 65 years

Competition between French banks for domestic buyers has created the best opportunity for UK...

Half of households running out of cash before month-end

49% of all households say they have become worse off in the last year,...

Protection gulf between the sexes widens

Women around the country are undervaluing the amount they are worth and failing to...

The Cambridge makes charitable donations

The Cambridge Building Society held its 163rd AGM on 15th April at Downing College. Members...

AMI outlines plans for 2013 Annual Dinner

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) will be holding its 10th Annual Dinner on...

AToM to hold Brighton seminar

AToM (All Types of Mortgages Ltd) has published details of the lenders who are...

Holloway Friendly unveils new IT system

Holloway Friendly has upgraded its IT systems, with the aim of making quotations and...

Homeowners want more creative lending options

82% of homeowners want more to be done to make it easier for new...

Broker Conveyancing expands solicitor panel

Broker Conveyancing has added Grindeys Solicitors to its solicitor panel. The Stoke-on-Trent based conveyancing...

Hometrack wins Nationwide contract

Hometrack has won a three year contract to supply Nationwide with a range of...

UCIS director disqualified by Insolvency Service

Wasim Minhas, director of Plateau Development and Land Limited, a company that illegally sold...

The Loans Engine added to Avelo Trigold loans panel

The Loans Engine has joined the loans panel on Trigold’s Prospector sourcing system. Richard Keen,...

Jeremy Duncombe joins L&G Network

Legal & General Network has announced the appointment of Jeremy Duncombe as director of...

Metro Bank cuts rates

Metro Bank has cut mortgage rates by up to 50bps. At 80% LTV,...

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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