First-time buyers Archives

First-time buyers

FTBs making common insurance mistakes

Research from The Co-operative Insurance has revealed the common insurance pitfalls first time buyers...

6 April 2016

First-time buyer numbers remain resilient

There has been an annual 6.6% rise in the number of households purchasing their...

31 March 2016

FTBs losing out to stampeding landlord investors

85% of estate agents reported an increase in the number of buy-to-let investors in...

29 March 2016

Over £11k spent on rent before buying

A letting agent's study into the UK rental market has found that the average...

20 March 2016

New five-year FTB fix from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a limited edition five-year fixed rate mortgage for first-time...

17 March 2016

BUDGET 2016: the speech in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, Today I report on an economy set to grow faster than any...

16 March 2016

BUDGET 2016: Lifetime ISAs introduced

The government is introducing a new Lifetime ISA for people under the age of...

16 March 2016

Santander improves Help to Buy ISA rate

Santander’s new Help to Buy ISA rate is now available from today. The Help to Buy ISA, launched...

14 March 2016

New chair for CML Scotland

Carol Anderson has been appointed new chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in...

14 March 2016

Year-on-year growth across all types of lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £8.4bn for house purchase,...

10 March 2016

Buy-to-let ‘gained chokehold’ over first-time buyers

The proportion of buy-to-let mortgage enquiries on Comparethemarket.com grew by 4.4% to 18.2% during...

9 March 2016

The Skipton unveils Help to Buy London & Scotland ranges

The Skipton Building Society has introduced new product ranges for both the Help to Buy...

8 March 2016

Halifax Intermediaries reduces FTB and homemover rates

Halifax Intermediaries has cut the rates on its first time buyer and home mover mortgages by...

4 March 2016

Government Housing Schemes Matrix unveiled by L&G

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its new Government Housing Schemes Matrix. The Matrix...

3 March 2016

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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...

6 February 2026

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...

5 February 2026

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...

4 February 2026

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...

4 February 2026

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...

3 February 2026

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...

6 February 2026

Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

6 February 2026

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...

6 February 2026

Cover

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

6 February 2026