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First Complete in protection clawback alert scheme

First Complete is now offering a new notification system to let its members know...

ADMIN – FAO: Sophos Web Protection users

If you use Sophos Web Protection you'll have been having problems visiting pages on...

Remortgagors opt for longer-term fixes

The highest average remortgage loan to value (LTV) recorded since January 2009 coincided with...

Craddock rejoins APFA board

Peter Craddock, group operations director at Perspective Financial Group, has been appointed to the...

Majority of renters don’t expect to ever buy

61% - around 4.5 million - of all private and social renters in England...

Countrywide reveals IPO price

Countrywide Holdings Ltd has revealed the successful pricing of its initial public offering. ...

Housing market consumer sentiment improves

The Building Societies' Association's March Property Tracker reveals that access to mortgage finance as...

3mc offers exclusive investment property funding

Mortgage distributor 3mc has teamed up with Aldermore to offer more investment property funding...

Pink introduces ‘Business Protection Club’

Pink has launched a Business Protection Club, available to its appointed representatives (ARs) and...

The Teachers improves buy-to-let product

The Teachers Building Society has improved the loan calculation on its buy-to-let mortgage...

The Yorkshire hires general manager

The Yorkshire Building Society has appointed a new general manager, with responsibility for developing...

The Nottingham agrees deal with Gateway

The Nottingham Building Society has extended its panel management agreement with Gateway. The parties have...

N&P grows commercial lending team

Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has hired two new commercial lending managers. This comes as...

Vizolution makes top 50 ‘watchlist’

Vizolution has been included in the 2013 FinTech50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies...

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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