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Tenet looks to secure 70 MHFS advisers

Tenet Group has stepped in with a rescue package to save Merchant House Financial...

CML slams Scottish move on separate representation

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has criticised the announcement by the Law Society...

Kent Reliance unveils deal for ‘next time buyers’

Kent Reliance has launched a 95% LTV 'next time buyer' mortgage aimed at existing...

Fall in gross remortgage lending

Monthly gross remortgage lending fell by £325 million in February to £2.6 billion, according...

Balls slams ‘subsidised second home’ scheme

Ed Balls, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, has criticised the fact that the government's mortgage scheme...

North East rents fall again

Average rents in Yorkshire & Humber and the North East fell by around 2.5%...

Secured loan and credit card APRs compared

The average APR of a secured loan is now "much cheaper" than average APR...

91% rise in Teachers’ new lending

The Teachers Building Society has published its annual results for 2012. New lending was...

New AFI seven-day special imminent

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is to another seven day special tomorrow, available exclusively through...

In Brief: planned BM Solutions’ ‘outage’

BM Solutions says it will be performing essential maintenance on its system over the...

Hinckley & Rugby gears up for busy year for lending

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has a £30 million pipeline of mortgage applications,...

AMI focuses on positives in Budget

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) believes the Budget gives "more than a shot...

Retail disappointment over Budget

Cluttons has expressed its disappointment that the Budget announcement did not address the issue...

Osborne schemes need brokers

First Complete has warned that for the Chancellor’s new Mortgage Guarantee and Help to...

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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