First-time buyers

Rent rises hitting West Midlands the hardest

Those tenants who live in the West Midlands are suffering the most from rent...

Six of the best from the Ipswich

The Ipswich Building Society has added six new mortgage deals to its offering, available...

BBA: 24% year-on-year rise in approvals

The number of mortgage approvals in September was 24% higher than a year ago,...

Rise in first-time buyer house sales

There was an increase in the number of sales made to first time buyers...

The Hinckley & Rugby adds pair of high LTV discounts

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched two new lifetime discount mortgages at...

Lack of joined-up policy making threatening PRS

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned against discouraging...

Halifax offers Currys PC World gift card to homebuyers

Halifax is offering first-time buyers and homemovers a £500 giftcard to spend in Currys...

Accord cuts higher LTV fixed rates

Accord Mortgages has cut the rates on its 90% and 95% loan to value...

Housing Bill gets first reading

The government has introduced its Housing and Planning Bill. The first reading of the...

Gifting behind 25% of equity release

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners with higher property values are twice as...

August FTB prices up 3.8% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to August 2015, unchanged from...

Fall in consumer sentiment towards mortgage accessibility

Only 12% of UK adults think access to mortgages has improved in the past...

Six-month high in housing market activity

UK housing market activity has risen to its highest level in six months, according...

Gender divide over choosing a home

New research from Santander Mortgages has suggested that women looking to buy a home...
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Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

URGENT! AI Is coming for you. Or maybe not…

I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

Mind the gap: Can mortgage advice change the game for protection?

Many industry insiders still talk about the UK protection gap and how vast it is. The numbers speak for themselves with the estimated value of...

Navigating HMO and MUFB complexity with confidence

Historically, larger Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and Multi-Unit Freehold Blocks (MUFBs) have often been avoided due to their complex layouts, individual planning requirements,...

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Appointments

Access FS appointment to lead recruitment strategy

Access Financial Services has appointed Rob Jarvis as business development manager, tasking him with...
News

Accord Mortgages cuts residential rates by up to 0.40%

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on a broad range of residential products, with some...
New build

Construction output rises in Q2 but new orders slump

UK construction output rose in the second quarter of 2025 but a sharp fall...
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Atom bank lowers prime and near prime rates again

Atom bank has announced further rate cuts across its prime and near prime mortgage...

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