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BUDGET 2013: Help to Buy scheme unveiled

In the Budget, George Osborne outlined details of the new 'Help to Buy' scheme. It...

The Budget – as it happened

Here are the main points fro the Budget today.

Leeds introduces rate cut on two-year fix

Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage by...

Fall in gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending is fell to £10.5 billion in February, according to latest...

Aldermore expands specialist property development team

Aldermore has promoted Andy Sears to the role of property development manager. The specialist team...

Hometrack secures Investec contract

Hometrack has won a two year contract to supply specialist lender Investec Bank plc...

L&G pays record amount in protection claims

Legal & General Retail Protection paid more claims than ever before last year, a...

Monthly increase in secured lending of 5%

February 2012, which was a post credit crunch record itself, saw £26,000,000 lent...

Positive Lending and UTB behind Silverstone F1 competition

Specialist lending packager and distributor Positive Lending and United Trust Bank are offering the...

Y3S helps Shawbrook complete largest loan

Shawbrook Bank has completed on a £330,000 secured loan, its largest to date. ...

New 75% LTV fixes from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed rates available...

Source Insurance teams up with Tenet

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier of general insurance to the...

OFT revokes payday lender’s licence

Online payday lender, MCO Capital has had its consumer credit licence revoked by the...

Two new branches for the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society is opening two new branches in Ripon and Wetherby. In the last...
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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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The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...

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