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Self-employed
Nottingham BS improves contractor mortgage criteria
Nottingham Building Society has announced the first of a series of changes to its...
21 June 2023
Self-employed couple “saved thousands” by TML’s flexible approach
The Mortgage Lender (TML) has processed a complex, self-employed residential mortgage application in 10...
19 June 2023
Securing a mortgage “harder than arranging a wedding or parenting”
New research commissioned by LendInvest of 1,000 people across the UK, focusing primarily on...
4 June 2023
Tandem Bank ups support for self-employed
Tandem Bank has announced its move to increase the LTV for self-employed clients from...
30 May 2023
Meeting the needs of the self-employed
Historically speaking, self-employed borrowers have faced an uphill battle when it comes to securing...
8 May 2023
Over a quarter of adults with complex incomes have been denied a mortgage
28% of adults with non-typical income streams, including those who are self-employed, freelance, or...
3 May 2023
TML provides self-employed offer in 6 working days
The Mortgage Lender (TML) recently progressed a self-employed residential application to offer in six...
21 March 2023
Rise in ‘unaffordable’ self-employed mortgages
The number of mortgage enquiries from self-employed applicants that failed to find one affordable...
13 March 2023
MBT sees self-employed affordability at lowest level
Affordability for self-employed customers has dropped to its lowest level since records began, according...
4 January 2023
TML provides complex self-employed FTB offer in five days
The Mortgage Lender (TML) has outlined its approach in dealing with self-employed applications, moving...
15 December 2022
77% of self-employed concerned over mortgage prospects
Over three-quarters of self-employed people are concerned about their prospects of getting a mortgage,...
6 December 2022
The self-employed have been marginalised from the mainstream
91% of brokers interviewed and polled for United Trust Bank’s new mortgage white paper...
19 October 2022
SmartrCriteria sees surge in searches for self-employed clients
New data from Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria tool has shown that searches...
30 May 2022
Self-employed twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage
Self-employed individuals are twice as likely to be rejected for a mortgage, according to...
25 May 2022
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COMMENT
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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...
6 February 2026
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...
5 February 2026
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...
4 February 2026
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...
4 February 2026
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...
3 February 2026
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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates
Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
6 February 2026
Technology
Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
6 February 2026
Building Societies
The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges
Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
6 February 2026
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FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG
The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...
6 February 2026
PROFILES
Louisa Sedgwick on Paragon and the future of buy-to-let
Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market
Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape