First-time buyers

Average homebuyer salary down 16% year-on-year

The average salary of homebuyers looking for a mortgage fell to a near-four year...

New higher LTV deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its higher LTV mortgage range for customers with smaller...

Profits up at the Yorkshire

The first six months of the year saw the Yorkshire Building Society increase its...

Halifax cuts FTB rates and fees

Halifax has reduced the rates on its first-time buyer and home mover mortgages by...

The Teachers supports Help to Buy Wales

The Teachers Building Society has extended its support of affordable home ownership to the...

New 90% deals from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has made changes to its 90% LTV residential product range, including both...

TSB cuts higher LTV fixed rates

TSB is cutting rates by up to 0.21 percentage points across a range of...

CML: mortgage lending down on an annual basis

Gross mortgage lending in May was £15.9bn, up from £15.8bn in April but down...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Summer comeback for purchase approvals

House purchase approval figures grew in June, with strong improvements on both a monthly...

Summer Budget 2015 speech – in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, This is a Budget that puts security first. It’s a Budget that recognises...

Halifax: monthly rise in house prices of 1.7%

The latest Halifax House Price Index has reported that house prices in the three...

Virgin Money removes application fee for limited period

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. It has also removed the £99...

TSB Intermediary moves into 95% LTV space

TSB Intermediary has launched 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgages to customers buying a...

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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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Atom bank lowers prime and near prime rates again

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

Tenant demand eases but rental market stays competitive

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

Shepherds Friendly takes milestone moments campaign to airwaves and streets

Shepherds Friendly has extended its first major brand campaign to include national billboards and...

Precise cuts rates and widens mortgage options to aid buyer affordability

Precise has strengthened its residential mortgage range with a series of rate cuts, new...