First-time buyers

Sharp rise in lending at the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has published its interim results for the first six months...

TSB cuts two-year rates

TSB Bank has cut two-year fixed and two-year tracker mortgage rates for home movers,...

Accord provides further FTB cashback

Accord Mortgages is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a...

CML: “patchwork” of govt home-ownership schemes

The eight current government housing schemes are reaching a broad variety of would-be home-owning households...

FCA consults on LISA regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has outlined its proposed approach to regulating the promotion...

Annual increase in first-time buyer activity

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that in September, home-owners borrowed £11.4bn...

New intermediary exclusives from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has revised its mortgage range, with the launch of new intermediary exclusive two-year...

New FTB rates from TSB Bank

TSB Bank has introduced a range of mortgages for first time buyers, with no product fees...

September approvals down year-on-year

60,011 house purchase mortgages (seasonally adjusted) were approved in September, according to the latest...

Fall in sales to first-time buyers

The National Association of Estate Agents' (NAEA) September Housing Market has revealed that the...

The debate around deposit-raising

2016 has certainly been an intriguing and, to some extent, disturbing year to get...

Saga lobbies Hammond over downsizing

Saga has written to the Chancellor proposing a range of reforms designed to free...

September gross lending up 2% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £20.5...

Vast majority still seek homeownership

Home-ownership remains firmly in place as the nation's overwhelming preference and aspiration, and not...
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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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