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SMS offers exclusive HMO product

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has launched a new buy-to-let HMO product in conjunction...

Halifax offers 2.69% five-year deal

Halifax has unveiled a new five-year fixed rate mortgage at 60% LTV. It is priced...

BTL rate cuts from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has cuts rates on its range of two and five-year buy-to-let fixed...

Six landbanking firms wound up

Half a dozen firms that scammed the public into investing in plots of agricultural...

Housing markets continues to see modest improvement

House prices in the first three months of 2013 were 1.2% higher than...

Shawbrook Bank introduces new IMO process

Shawbrook Bank can now produce an Indicative Mortgage Offer (IMO) without the need for...

HBOS: ‘a manual for bad banking’ says parliament

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has concluded that HBOS would have faced oblivion...

‘D2C’ seen as biggest challenge to protection market

42% of intermediaries see the rise of direct to consumer (D2C) propositions as the...

Brits opt for coin jar savings regime

More Britons regularly save money in a coin jar than in a bank or...

Two more portfolios for Oakwood

Oakwood Global Finance has begun managing two new UK residential loan portfolios in the...

No changes from MPC

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to keep...

Gateway buys surveying practice

Gateway surveyors has acquired Harrison Murray Commercial, a surveying practice based in in...

Severe arrears 20% above the long-term average

There has been a worrying rise in the number of tenants in severe arrears,...

Shawbrook Bank makes commercial lending promotions

Shawbrook Bank has promoted Emma Cox and Paula Purdy to senior relationship managers....
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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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Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%

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

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