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Buy-to-let refresh for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has made changes to its buy-to-let product range. It is cutting rates across...

Mortgage Trust introduces limited edition deals

Mortgage Trust has unveiled nine new limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products. There are two fixed...

Bright Grey and Scot Prov boosted by Gender Directive

Bright Grey and Scottish Provident have revealed that their life, critical illness and income...

Precise publishes December completion figures

Precise Mortgages completed on over £16 million of bridging loans in December 2012....

Brits banking on million-pound windfall

A lump sum of £1 million is the threshold that would let people to...

Halifax offers grand cashback to first-time buyers

Halifax has made changes to its mortgage range, launched new deals and reduced a...

Mutuals sustained mortgage lending rise in November

Building societies and other mutual lenders made £2.7 billion of mortgage loans in November...

Co-op Bank fined for failing to handle PPI complaints fairly

The FSA has fined The Co-operative Bank plc £113,300 for failing to handle payment...

Coventry Intermediaries launches new fixed rates

Coventry Intermediaries has unveiled a range of two and five-year fixed rates, available from...

Rate cuts from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages is reducing rates across its whole mortgage range. Reductions of up to 0.40...

Kilimanjaro charity climb for Brightstar’s Leppard

Brian Leppard, head of specialist mortgages and buy-to-let at Brightstar Financial, is looking for...

Parent finances in jeopardy from funding their kids

The so-called 'Bank of Mum & Dad' is providing a number of parents with...

Robust returns from rents over 2012

Advertised rental prices increased by an average of 1.9% across Great Britain in 2012,...

Equity Release Council supports new care report

The Equity Release Council has given its backing to the CentreForum report, Delivering Dilnot:...

COMMENT

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...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

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Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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