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Record lending at the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society provided a record £220 million of funding to help people...

Oakwood makes Spanish servicing acquisition

Oakwood Global Finance LLP has acquired Vesta Asset Management, an integrated Spanish loan...

Spending power falls back as consumers fear Osborne’s Budget

Lloyds TSB's latest Spending Power Report indicates that, after inflation, spending power fell to...

Brightstar holds second Masthaven lender day

Brightstar Financial is holding its second Lender Day in association with Masthaven Bridging and...

Money Advice Service chair to step down

Money Advice Service Chairman Gerard Lemos is to stand down at the end of...

The Chelsea improves two-year fix

Chelsea Building Society has lowered the rate of one of its two-year fixed rate...

Rents’ downward pace slows

Compared to January, February's average rent in England and Wales fell by 0.1%,...

Brits reveal location of dream homes

For the majority of Britons their ideal property is a detached, Victorian house in...

Exact upgraded by ratings agency

Exact, which provides mortgage servicing and asset management services to residential mortgage asset...

FTB activity drives home purchase lending increase

House purchase lending recorded its highest January total since 2008, according to new data...

New AFI ‘seven-day special’

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (15 March) launch its latest 'seven-day special', available...

Majority of intermediaries expect lending rise in 2013

80% of intermediaries think there will be a rise in mortgage lending in 2013,...

BPF wants Shelter clarification over rent call

74% of landlords have frozen or cut their rents in the last year, according...

Property Reclaim outlines fixed pricing structure

PropertyReclaim.com has published its fixed pricing service in a move designed to improve transparency. Repossessions...
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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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Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...
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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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