First-time buyers

Virgin Money cuts BTL, H2B and residential rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions on selected products across its core...

Ingard adds mutual pair to lender panel

Ingard has added National Counties and the Family Building Society to its panel of lenders....

The Hinckley & Rugby offers joint borrower sole proprietor mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is now offering joint borrower sole proprietor mortgages...

London FTBs claim “mortgage terror”

According to research by YouGov and digital mortgage broker Habito, Londoners are the most...

FTBs paying high price for DIY disasters

First time buyers are buying cheaper properties that need renovating and undertaking the work...

Average first-time buyer age is now 37

21% of prospective buyers aged 18-34 say that, following this month’s interest rate cut,...

The Furness BS unveils new 90% LTV deals

The Furness Building Society has launched two new variable rate products at 90% loan...

FTBs continuing to drive house purchase lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that in June, home-owners borrowed £12.3bn...

Financial plight of millennials revealed

35% of Britain’s 'millennials' (those aged 18-35s) say their generation has been priced out of...

Millions ‘saving’ on property surveys

New research from Churchill Home Insurance has found that over seven million UK homeowners...

Debt hampering life chances

High levels of debt make people less likely to move house, apply for a...

Understanding the fall in home ownership

The UK is a bit odd when it comes to home ownership. We’re one...

Good July for first-time buyers

Housing market activity has moved in favour of first-time buyers and remortgagors, in the...

NatWest unveils £500 FTB cashback deal

NatWest has launched a number of new two and five-year fixed rate cashback mortgage deals for...

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...

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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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