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miLoan registers 5,000 brokers

Y3S has reported a landmark in the history of its sourcing system miloanbroker.com following...

Exeter Family Friendly joins APFA

The Exeter Family Friendly (EFF) has become an associate member of the Association of...

OFT outlines guidance on power to suspend credit licences

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published guidance which sets out how and...

SBG to distribute Investec Professional Mortgages

Sesame Bankhall Group has added Investec Professional Mortgages to its panel of lenders for...

Openwork posts profit for first time

Openwork has posted its first ever profit as a standalone trading company. The network has...

Competition to continue in remortgage market

25% of homeowners remortgaging an existing property in January increased the size of their...

New builds numbers still well short of pre-crash peak

New home starts are falling well short of demand, it has been claimed. Statistics released...

Proc fee boost from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased the standard procuration fees it pays...

Average fixed rates to go below 4%?

It is predicted that average rates for two and five year fixed mortgages will...

Borro hires senior vice president

Borro has appointed Chris Willis as senior vice president. Willis comes from Seatwave, the...

APFA unhappy with proposed FSCS budget hike

In its response to the FSA’s consultation on the Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s management...

Kent Reliance unveils new buy-to-let range

Kent Reliance has launched a number of buy-to-let products available to brokers across the...

John Mawdsley joins V Loans

V Loans has appointed John Mawdsley to lead its business development and strategic partners...

Scottish market remains quiet

In the three months ending January 2013, the quarterly price index for the average...

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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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...

Court delays stretch to 27 weeks as Section 21 exit looms

Landlords are facing the longest court delays in more than two decades despite a...

Law Society urges court funding boost before Section 21 ban

The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the Government to increase...

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