First-time buyers

CML: house purchase lending up year-on-year in November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that home-owner house purchase lending totalled £10.7bn...

Over 25% of FTB opting for 35-year mortgage

There was an estimated 310,000 first-time buyers last year, according to the annual Halifax First-Time...

Nationwide cuts 95% rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut a number of rates by up to 0.40 percentage points across...

The Leeds confirms HTB London scheme participation

The Leeds Building Society is to launch its range of new Help To Buy...

24% annual rise in FTB transactions

The number of completed first-time buyer transactions increased to 31,300 in November, according to...

Lloyds extends cashback offer

Lloyds Bank has extended its existing £500 remortgage cashback offer to include its first-time...

New higher LTV deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its mortgage range, including some higher LTV products designed...

Sales to FTBs fell by 10% in November

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has revealed that housing supply dipped and demand...

November lending up 3% on previous 6-month average

The latest Bank of England Money and Credit figures, have revealed that loan approvals...

Newbuild firm rapped over misleading ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against a property sales...

CML: 9% month-on-month rise in homemover loans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that first-time buyers borrowed £4.6bn for...

Lowest seasonal dip in house prices for nine years

Rightmove has reported a seasonal 1.1% (-£3,120) dip in the price of property coming...

Buying cheaper than renting everywhere in the UK

Prospective first-time buyers would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property than...

NatWest to accept builders’ incentives with Help to Buy

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will now accept builder’s financial incentives of up to 5% of...
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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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