UK house prices fell in March and annual growth slowed, with Halifax saying geopolitical uncertainty and higher mortgage pricing have taken some of the heat out of the market at the start of spring.
Halifax said average house prices...
First-time buyer demand increased in the first quarter of 2026, according to research from Yopa, with a higher proportion of suitable homes securing buyers...
The number of borrowers switching to a new lender using modified affordability assessments more than doubled in the second half of 2025, according to...
The Chartered Insurance Institute has said firms can use stronger vulnerability management to expand their client base, improve efficiency and build longer-term trust, rather...
Royal London has received regulatory approval to provide Targeted Support, becoming one of the first firms to secure permission to launch the new form of regulated financial help.
The mutual said it had been involved in the development of...
Together has launched a new suite of commercial and semi-commercial second charge products as demand grows for capital raising without refinancing existing debt.
The Cheadle-based lender has introduced commercial term second charge, semi-commercial term second charge and bridge second...
Hampshire Trust Bank has introduced ‘Flow’ - a new buy-to-let tier with rates starting from 5.54% as it looks to sharpen pricing for lower-complexity cases within its specialist mortgage proposition.
The lender has restructured its offering into a three-tier...
Afin Bank is offering free legal fees on remortgage applications submitted before the end of May in a move aimed at supporting brokers and clients navigating a volatile rate environment.
The incentive, available via its Express remortgage service with...
20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...
The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...
First-time buyers are the most exposed group in the housing market as mortgage withdrawals and rising borrowing costs increase pressure on those most reliant on home loans.
Data from reallymoving shows that 90.5% of first-time buyers used a mortgage to buy a home over the...
For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency.
If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...
There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of economic direction.
Whatever one’s political persuasion, it is hard to ignore that many of the key indicators - growth, productivity, business...
West Brom Building Society has launched a regional spring campaign after new research suggested a sizeable share of first-time buyers feel daunted by the mortgage process before they even begin.
The mutual said its findings point to a confidence problem among prospective borrowers, with many...
