First-time buyers

Santander makes third round of November rate cuts as pricing drifts lower

Santander will cut a wide swathe of its residential and buy-to-let pricing next week,...

Zoopla calls for abolition of stamp duty in evidence to MPs

Zoopla has urged MPs to consider abolishing stamp duty to boost housing mobility and...

Barclays unveils 95% LTV mortgages for new build

Barclays has expanded its support for homebuyers by launching 95% loan-to-value mortgages for new...

Housing market stalls as Budget fears weigh on buyers and sellers

Britain’s housing market slowed sharply in October as jitters ahead of the Autumn Budget...

London property market worth £2.6 trillion as affordability pressures curb price growth

The combined value of homes across London has surged to £2.64 trillion, according to...

Buyer demand rises but market “engine not yet running smoothly”

Fresh figures from Propertymark show encouraging signs of activity in the UK housing market...

The Cambridge wins ESG Project of the Year for Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society’s Rent to Home initiative has been named ESG Project of...

FCA chief calls for bold reform to build ‘mortgage market of the future’

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out a sweeping vision for a more accessible...

Gen H named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms in Deloitte Fast 50

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing...

NatWest launches shared ownership mortgages to widen access to home ownership

NatWest has launched a new range of shared ownership mortgages, designed to make it...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

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...

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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...

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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