First-time buyers

Estate agents unsurprised by fall in demand

Estate agents have reported a significant fall in demand for housing in April, with the number...

New Help to Buy Scotland deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new range of Help to Buy Equity Loan products...

41% rise in London house purchases

Homebuyers in London borrowed £7.1bn for house purchase in the first quarter of 2016,...

Marginal annual growth in Scottish mortgage lending

Homeowners in Scotland borrowed £1.8bn for house purchase in Q1 2016, down 22% quarter-on-quarter...

Wales reports best first quarter for lending since 2007

Homeowners in Wales borrowed £850m for house purchase during the first three months of...

26% year-on-year increase in N. Ireland house purchases

During the first quarter of 2016, homeowners in Northern Ireland borrowed £340m for house...

20% rise in Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that its gross mortgage advances reached £32.6 billion,...

Gap between 65% and 90% LTV rates narrows

The divide between mortgage rates for borrowers with 10% deposits and 35% deposits is at...

CML publishes BTL-skewed March figures

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £13.8bn for house...

FTBs want to complete before Brexit vote

13% of mortgage and remortgage customers are trying to speed up applications so they...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

National Counties partners with SimplyBiz Mortgages

The National Counties Building Society and the Family Building Society have joined SimplyBiz Mortgages'...

Nationwide to cut selected higher LTV fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting selected fixed rate mortgages at 85, 90 and 95% loan-to-value (LTV)...

Barclays widens Family Springboard Mortgage offering

Barclays Mortgages has made changes to its Family Springboard Mortgage, removing the need for borrowers to put...
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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...

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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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