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Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services expands panel

Sesame Bankhall Specialist Lending Services (SBSLS) has added Shawbrook Bank (Shawbrook) to its...

Paragon unveils app for case management

Paragon has launched a case management iPhone app for brokers. The bespoke portal and...

Significant fall in house sales from mortgage difficulties

The number of homes given up in England each year between 2010 and 2012...

Berkeley Alexander hails ‘Struggle Service’ success

Berkeley Alexander now has 13 individual insurers and in excess of 50 individual products...

Amendments made to Broker Conveyancing website and online portal

Broker Conveyancing has relaunched its website and online portal offering. The changes to the website...

CBI wants housing market initiatives from Osborne

The CBI is urging the George Osborne to use the Budget to boost the...

Urban asking prices rise but fall in the country

The average asking price of properties for sale in urban areas in England is...

First-time buyers boost valuation activity

Valuation activity hit a 12-month peak last month, as first time buyer numbers rose...

Halifax partners with 50th builder for NewBuy

Halifax has reached a milestone within its support of NewBuy initiative, signing up its...

Still tough for ‘second steppers’

The third annual Second Steppers report from Lloyds TSB indicates that little has improved...

New intermediary deals from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a set of three-year products all priced at 2.69%. The...

The Yorkshire cuts fees

The Yorkshire Building Society has reduced its mortgage fees. The mutual has cut £150 from...

Castle Trust’s HouSAs included in Distribution Technology’s model portfolio

Risk profiling service Distribution Technology (DT) has included Castle Trust’s HouSAs in its model...

Average house price only 1% off its previous peak

The average price paid for a house in February rose by £1,355 (0.6%) from...
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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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