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Most homeowners rule out downsizing as a retirement strategy

Fewer than one in five people expect to move to a smaller home in...

LendInvest hires specialist bridging business development manager

LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Caelan Gokani as a business development manager within its specialist...

Affordability gains lift first-time buyer activity

Improving affordability helped to support a rebound in first-time buyer activity during 2025 although...

Extended illness forces nearly half of UK workers into month-long absences, research finds

New research from The Exeter suggests prolonged periods of ill health are becoming a...

Paradigm Consulting forms strategic partnership with We Complement

Paradigm Consulting has entered into a new strategic partnership with We Complement, expanding the...

Virgin Money cuts selected fixed mortgage rates

Virgin Money has announced a series of reductions across selected residential, buy-to-let and product...

Wealthy Advisers Club launches social media platform as membership hits 1,000

The Wealthy Advisers Club has launched a new social media content platform for mortgage...

Buy-to-let rates lowered as The Mortgage Works trims fixed pricing

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates across selected two, three and five-year...

Landbay adds new Premier products and cuts two-year fixed rates

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has launched new products and reduced rates across its Premier range...

Mortgage Advice Bureau names interim chief marketing officer

Mortgage Advice Bureau has appointed Joanne Brading as interim chief marketing officer as it...

Flats and terraces lead rental yield gains in 2025

Flats and terraced homes achieved the highest growth in gross rental yields during 2025,...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added relationship bank Handelsbanken to its lender...

Ceta adds Arkel’s Adapt notional cover to general insurance panel

Ceta has added the Adapt non-standard home insurance notional product from managing general agent...

LHV Bank unveils new head of marketing

LHV Bank has appointed Sally Rushton as head of marketing, tasking her with leading...

COMMENT

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...

Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

Brokers invited to webinar on boosting landlord income strategies

Brokers are being offered an opportunity to learn how to help landlords accelerate income...

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