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Housing affordability returns to pre-pandemic levels

Housing affordability in England and Wales has returned to levels last seen before the...

Saffron Building Society joins LMS Panel Link

LMS, the provider of conveyancing services, has announced a new partnership with Saffron Building...

Tenant awareness wildly varied on Renters’ Rights Bill

New research from Pegasus Insight has revealed a wide disparity in tenant awareness of...

Loughborough BS unveils Universal Credit Calculator

Loughborough Building Society has launched its Universal Credit Calculator to help brokers assess affordability...

United Trust Bank appoints head of credit for asset finance

United Trust Bank has announced the appointment of Lisa Thomas as head of credit...

Acre enhances Nationwide integration

Acre has announced a significant upgrade to its integration with Nationwide for Intermediaries, expanding...

Law Society overhauls TA6 Property Forms: What mortgage brokers need to know

The Law Society of England and Wales has announced a major revision to the...

Access FS launches internal referral scheme

Access Financial Services is launching Access All Areas, a new internal referral programme. The brokerage is...

Spring Statement 2025: industry hopes and expectations

Ahead of the government's Spring Statement on Wednesday, industry figures have proffered their opinions...

Nationwide improves NFI Online processes

Nationwide Building Society has made improvements to several processes within NFI Online. These cover client...

Mortgage affordability continues to weaken

January saw a weakening in mortgage affordability weakened for the second month in a...

FCA to investigate effectiveness of pure protection market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is undertaking a market study to look into how...

New Skipton cashback mortgage to help those who miss stamp duty deadline

To support those who don’t manage to complete their house purchase before the stamp...

MT Finance ups maximum LTV on HMO product

MT Finance has increased the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) to 80% on its buy-to-let small...
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COMMENT

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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Green shoots for housing market as confidence rebounds

Surveyors are reporting the clearest signs yet that the housing slowdown may be bottoming...
AML

AML regime ‘costing billions with little return’

Global anti-money laundering rules are imposing vast costs on banks while recovering less than...
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HSBC UK to host Spring Budget economy webinars for intermediaries

HSBC UK is inviting brokers to join a series of economy update webinars focused...
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Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...

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