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LMS partners with the Chorley

LMS has announced a partnership with Chorley Building Society. Founded in 1859, Chorley...

The Loans Engine appoints marketing manager

Secured loan master broker The Loans Engine has appointed Millie Dyson as its marketing...

Smart Money Loans unveils broker marketing package

Smart Money Loans has launched a package of marketing literature aimed at the broker...

Wide geographical divide in pensioner costs

The average cost of being a pensioner is £10,020 a year, based on Key...

Funding for Lending sees drop in lending over Q4

Latest figures for the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) showed a reduction in lending...

Virgin Money cuts rates

Virgin Money has made further rate reductions across its residential mortgage range. Key changes are...

Singers renamed Shawbrook Asset Finance

Shawbrook Bank has rebranded Singers, the asset finance group it acquired in March 2012....

Personal Touch appoints non-executive director

Personal Touch has announced the appointment of Mark Wadelin as a new non-executive director. Formerly...

Aldermore opens up criteria

Aldermore has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let lending criteria to allow full...

Promise completes Nemo’s largest ever loan

Master broker Promise Solutions has completed a loan for £199,000 including fees, which represents...

The Mortgage Works backtracks on LHA policy

The Mortgage Works, a subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, has removed the exclusion of...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new Metro Bank BTL deals

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has launched new buy-to-let products through its partnership with Metro...

FOS to speak at ASTL meeting

Peter Bristow, outreach manager from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), is to speak at...

25% year-on-year rise in mutual lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £2.4 billion in...

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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