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Weak FLS lending contributes to low approval figures

Mortgage approvals fell to their lowest level in seven months in February due to...

Rebrand for mortgage club TMA

TMA has rebranded to the First Complete colours. The mortgage club was bought by...

New deals from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched two new 60% LTV deals and reintroducing a 90%...

The Chelsea unveils 1.74% two-year fix

Chelsea Building Society's latest two-year fixed rate deal is available at 1.74% up to...

Personal touch appoints senior GI manager

Personal Touch has appointed Victoria Jefferies to the position of senior GI manager. Jefferies has...

L&G extends GI deal with the Newcastle

Legal & General's general insurance business has secured a five-year extension to the existing...

Two new board members at AMI

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has added two new broker members to its...

BoE holds bank rate and QE

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has again voted to maintain the...

Aldermore cuts BTL and NewBuy rates

Aldermore has cut the rates on a selection of its buy-to-let and NewBuy mortgage...

Equity Release Council passes 250 member mark

Membership of The Equity Release Council has passed the 250 mark, under a year...

New ‘seven day special’ from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (8 March) launch a new 'seven day special',...

RBS systems break down again

Thousands of customers of Royal Bank of Scotland, Nat West and Ulster Bank were...

The Source added to HomeLoan Partnership’s GI panel

Source Insurance has been appointed as a preferred supplier to the HomeLoan Partnership network...

The Ipswich returns to CML

The Ipswich Building Society has re-joined the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) as a...

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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Sellers willing to pay £300 to secure property sales

Nine in 10 homeowners would be prepared to pay around £300 upfront to help...

Tembo secures £16m to expand digital savings and mortgage platform for first-time buyers

Tembo has raised £16m in growth funding as it looks to scale its savings...

Nationwide reduces fixed rates by up to 0.16%

Nationwide is reducing selected two-year, three-year and five-year fixed mortgage rates by as much...

Half of borrowers undecided as fixed rates end

More than half of homeowners coming to the end of a fixed-rate deal are...

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