First-time buyer support tops Gen Z priorities

Support for building new homes locally is almost twice as high as opposition while helping first-time buyers is the top housing priority among Gen Z, research from Barclays has revealed. More than two in five UK adults (43%) supported...

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Target Group appoints former Equiniti chief Paul Lynam to board

Target Group has appointed financial services veteran Paul Lynam as a non-executive director. Lynam (pictured) has more than 35 years of experience in banking and...

HSBC UK to examine economic shocks and mortgage rates in adviser webinars

HSBC UK will hold two webinars for mortgage intermediaries examining how political and economic developments are affecting the UK mortgage market. The lender said its...

Emergency savings searches surge as households face income pressures

Online searches for "emergency savings" rose by 950% year on year as households considered how they would cope with a loss of income, according...

Young homeowners turn to 40-year mortgages to manage costs

Two-thirds of mortgage holders aged under 30 have taken loans lasting between 30 and 40 years, according to analysis by mortgage overpayment app Sprive. The...

Right Mortgage sets date for first women’s leadership summit

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network will hold its inaugural Women’s Leadership Summit in Solihull next month. The event, announced on 24 August 2026, will take place at Nuthurst Grange Hotel on Wednesday 9 September. It will bring together female...

Broadstone appoints senior banking pair as advisory demand rises

Broadstone Lending Advisory Services has appointed two senior business development managers as lenders and investors seek greater assurance over governance, operations and portfolio quality. Leo Brooks and Megan Ueltschy Scheps join the consultancy with more than four decades of...

Together completes 1,000th Networks & Clubs channel case

Together has completed its 1,000th case through its Networks & Clubs channel, providing a shared ownership mortgage to a couple buying their first home. The applicants secured a £51,000 first-charge repayment mortgage over a one-year term to buy an...

Cumberland launches index tracking UK holiday let market

The Cumberland Building Society has launched its first Holiday Let Index, examining confidence, investment and lending across the UK market. Produced with independent market research agency Pegasus Insight, the report draws on responses from 125 mortgage brokers, private landlords...

PROFILE

Toni Smith on the human factor and the fourth emergency service

After nearly four decades in financial services, Sesame Network distribution director Toni Smith still believes technology should make advisers stronger, not replace them. When Toni...

INDUSTRY COMMENT

How are we supporting the next generation of first-time buyers?

With GCSE and A-level results out over the last fortnight, it feels like the right moment to ask a question the industry doesn't spend...

Let’s not get bogged down in the macro, let’s focus on the ones and twos

In challenging times such as this, it often feels like the first instinct for many in the mortgage market is to talk it down....

Underwriting: Are we saying “no” to the wrong risks?

Over the last two days I’ve talked about the size of the later life lending market and the knowledge gap that still exists around...

Q&As

BUY-TO-LET

TMA adds Monmouthshire BS to lender panel

TMA Club has added Monmouthshire Building Society to its lender panel as the mutual...

Tipton cuts expat and limited company buy-to-let rates

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has reduced selected expat and limited company buy-to-let mortgage...

UK rent growth accelerates as supply pressures persist

Average UK private rents rose by 3.7% to £1,393 a month in the year...

Landlords reporting rent arrears falls to record low

The proportion of landlords reporting rent arrears has fallen to its lowest level on...

Fleet Mortgages brings back fee options for HMO and MUFB loans

Fleet Mortgages has reintroduced two five-year fixed-rate products for houses in multiple occupation and...

Hanley Economic moves into holiday let lending

Hanley Economic Building Society has entered the holiday let mortgage market with two variable...

Mortgage industry backs alcohol-free MIMHC lunch

An alcohol-free event organised by the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has secured...

FIRST-TIME BUYERS

HSBC cuts residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges from 19 August 2026. The changes cover products for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers, including mortgages on properties with an A or B energy performance certificate. HSBC will also introduce 80% and...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...

Half of homes taking longer to sell as regional divide widens

Homes in almost half of Great Britain’s local authority areas are taking longer to...

Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

OPINION

The blind spot: residential advisers and the over-55 customer

Yesterday I talked about the supportive nature of the equity release and later life lending community and the fact that collaboration is one of...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered Downing Street on 20 July and brought Angela Rayner back to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

DISTRIBUTION

Nomo joins Omni Mortgage Club lender panel

Omni Mortgage Club has added Sharia-compliant property finance provider Nomo to its lender panel. The...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

Stonebridge overhauls protection sourcing platform

Stonebridge has redesigned the protection sourcing journey within its Revolution adviser platform to support...

GB Bank joins Mortgage Advice Bureau lender panel

Mortgage Advice Bureau has added GB Bank to its lender panel, giving its advisers access to the bank's bridging and buy-to-let products. The agreement allows Mortgage Advice Bureau advisers to place buy-to-let cases with the bank, including enquiries involving residential, semi-commercial and commercial property. GB Bank...