First-time buyers

The Leeds offers fee-free 95% LTV mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has added a 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage to...

Help to Buy extended in Scotland

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme will be extended beyond 2019.  From April 2019, a...

Platform unveils Help to Buy mortgage range

Platform is to offer a range of Help to Buy mortgages to broker partners from Monday,...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

18 FTBs a week being helped via equity release

Retirement Advantage has estimated that 18 first time buyers a week took a step...

FTB enthusiasm for advice doesn’t extend to home insurance

While a record number of first time buyers are using intermediaries to arrange mortgages,...

Small fall in mortgage approval numbers

E.surv has reported that February's mortgage approvals were 1.25% lower than in January 2018...

Halifax unveils £750 cashback offer

Halifax is offering £750 cashback to first time buyers, home movers and those who...

95% LTV: looking behind the figures

There are a whole raft of ways in which we can judge the performance...

10-year high for mortgage affordability

Halifax has reported that mortgages in the UK have reached their most affordable level...

Remortgaging in January reaches a nine-year high

UK Finance has reported that the number of remortgages in January 2018 reached a...

The Leeds extends shared ownership funding

The Leeds Building Society is to offer extra support for affordable housing and help...

New Barclays mortgages for FTBs and home movers

Barclays is cutting rates and launching new residential products. Changes include launching three new fee...
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COMMENT

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

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

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

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

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

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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