First-time buyers

Half of over-50s save money for themselves each month

Britain’s over 50s are putting money aside each month for both themselves and their...

20-month high for mortgage approvals

The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has increased by 19.8% over the last...

TSB makes wholesale rate cuts on intermediary deals

TSB has cut rates on a range of 75-90% LTV mortgages available through brokers.  Remortgages...

The Teachers offers 95% deal to all of England & Wales

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rates on some of its low deposit...

New 95% LTV deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new 95% LTV mortgage and...

New two-year HTB deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added to its range of Help to Buy equity...

New residential deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range, reducing selected 85% and 90%...

Average London FTB house price over £300k

The number of first-time buyer sales in August grew by over a quarter compared...

BBA: largest increase in borrowing for five years

Gross mortgage borrowing in August was £12.2 billion, according to the British Bankers' Association...

NAEA: market reaching “crisis point”

Last month saw an 11-year low in the number of properties available to buy...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

TSB unveils rate changes

TSB has made rate changes to its homemover and first time buyer mortgages and...

Over three years needed for typical FTB deposit

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks suggests that almost 40% of first time buyers...
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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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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...
News

Atom bank lowers prime and near prime rates again

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

Mortgage arrears fall but possessions edge higher

Mortgage arrears across both the homeowner and buy-to-let sectors fell in the second quarter...
Buy-to-let

Tenant demand eases but rental market stays competitive

Tenant demand for rental homes has eased over the past year but remains strong...

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