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Access FS launches equality council to drive inclusion

Access FS has established a new Equality Council aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion...

Retail spending slows as shoppers brace for Budget pressures

Retail spending growth slowed in September as households reined in discretionary purchases ahead of...

Compliance specialist urges transparency with biometric IDs

A digital compliance specialist has warned that the success of the EU’s new Entry/Exit...

Skipton targets first-time buyers with new-build mortgage support

Skipton Building Society has outlined a series of measures designed to help brokers and...

Clydesdale Bank expands 85% LTV offering and enhances interest-only policy

Clydesdale Bank has introduced a series of new residential mortgage products and policy improvements,...

Bath BS increases maximum loan size and broadens criteria

Bath Building Society has announced a series of criteria updates designed to give brokers...

Skipton Business Finance expands asset-based lending team

Skipton Business Finance has appointed Ben Pittam as regional sales director for asset-based lending,...

Greenfield Bridging joins FIBA as newest lender partner

The Financial Intermediary and Broker Association (FIBA) has announced Greenfield Bridging as its latest...

Voters favour green belt protection over stamp duty cuts

Public confidence in the Government’s handling of the housing crisis has fallen sharply, with...

What the 2025 Party Conferences told us about property

Key housing and property policy developments from all four major UK political party conferences...

European first as MQube tokenises mortgage debt on the blockchain

Guildford-based mortgage fintech MQube has become the first lender in Europe to tokenise mortgage...

New-build homes attracting wider range of buyers, says Alexander Hall

New research from mortgage adviser Alexander Hall suggests that new-build homes are no longer...

Mortgage rates edge higher after eight-month decline

Average fixed mortgage rates have risen for the first time in eight months, according...

Barclays broadens income criteria to boost mortgage affordability

Barclays has announced a major overhaul of its mortgage affordability criteria, increasing the proportion...
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COMMENT

Comment

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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The Monmouthshire expands mortgage platform pilot to more intermediaries

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The Cambridge adds 98% LTV five-year fix for first-time buyers

Cambridge Building Society has widened access to its First Step range with a 98%...
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Monicio targets mortgage admin burden with AI-powered CRM

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