Self-build

Government releases sites for self-build

Four new sites for self-builders are being released by the Homes and Communities Agency. The...

New self-build mortgage from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a self-build mortgage at up to 80%...

Self-builders to be exempt from community infrastructure levy

The government has claimed self-builders will save thousands of pounds with new measures. Self-builders will...

Government seeks to open up self-build market

Communities Minister Don Foster has announced a series of measures designed to open up...

Virgin Money criticised for self-build withdrawal

Virgin Money has announced it is withdrawing from self-build lending. Jon Hall, CEO of Saffron...

Government action needed to make self-build mainstream

The self-build market needs major structural and cultural change if it is to become...

Saffron creates dedicated intermediary channel

Saffron Building Society has launched a dedicated intermediary lending channel and a new range...

Nigel Payne joins BuildLoan

BuildStore Financial Services has appointed Nigel Payne as associate director to its broker division,...

BuildLoan improves broker proposition

BuildLoan has announced a partnership with the Furness Building Society and also launched a...

Use Funding for Lending for self-build: BuildStore

BuildStore has called for £1 billion from the Funding for Lending scheme to be...

The Loughborough teams up with Buildstore

Loughborough Building Society has partnered with self-build and renovation specialist BuildStore. Through BuildStore,...

Self-build boost from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society has lent £40 million for self-build projects since the beginning...

COMMENT

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...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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