First-time buyers

Saffron for Intermediaries improves specialist deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has cut rates and extended the term on several of its mortgages...

Brokers “doing great job” sourcing mortgages

New research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that brokers are...

Research reveals sacrifices needed to buy a home

Tesco Bank has published the results of its first UK Home Buyers’ Survey. The...

10-year peak for agreed house sales

The number of property sales agreed in February hit a 10-year high, NAEA Propertymark has...

Waltham Forest tops London borough FTB table

new research into first-time buyer house prices in London boroughs by Lloyds Bank has...

Small deposit buyers continue to grow market share

Borrowers with a deposit of 15% or smaller made up 20.5% of the market...

Rise in use of ‘bank of mum and dad’

The proportion of first-time buyers relying on inherited wealth or loans from the ‘bank...

Paradigm partners with Nottingham for Intermediaries

Paradigm Mortgage Services, has added Nottingham for Intermediaries, the dedicated intermediary arm of the Nottingham...

One in five say home ownership is thing of the past

48% of young Brits think it’s harder than ever to get on the property...

Housing affordability worsened for 98% of occupations

New research from mortgage broker Private Finance has found that rising house prices and stagnant wages...

Nationwide launches the Family Deposit Mortgage

The Nationwide Building Society has unveiled a new mortgage range to allow families to raise...

Half of salary goes on private rent

Momentum UK's latest Financial Wellness Index has found that private renters go on fewer...

Singletons think it takes two to buy first property

25% of single people believe it will be impossible to buy their own home...

FTB concern around mortgage affordability on the rise

The latest quarterly First Time Buyer Index from Aldermore has found that 67% of aspiring...

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

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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