First-time buyers

Accord cuts higher LTV fixed rates

Accord Mortgages has cut the rates on its 90% and 95% loan to value...

Housing Bill gets first reading

The government has introduced its Housing and Planning Bill. The first reading of the...

Gifting behind 25% of equity release

Key Retirement has found that retired homeowners with higher property values are twice as...

August FTB prices up 3.8% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 5.2% in the year to August 2015, unchanged from...

Fall in consumer sentiment towards mortgage accessibility

Only 12% of UK adults think access to mortgages has improved in the past...

Six-month high in housing market activity

UK housing market activity has risen to its highest level in six months, according...

Gender divide over choosing a home

New research from Santander Mortgages has suggested that women looking to buy a home...

Half of over-50s save money for themselves each month

Britain’s over 50s are putting money aside each month for both themselves and their...

20-month high for mortgage approvals

The number of house purchase mortgage approvals has increased by 19.8% over the last...

TSB makes wholesale rate cuts on intermediary deals

TSB has cut rates on a range of 75-90% LTV mortgages available through brokers.  Remortgages...

The Teachers offers 95% deal to all of England & Wales

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rates on some of its low deposit...

New 95% LTV deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new 95% LTV mortgage and...

New two-year HTB deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added to its range of Help to Buy equity...

New residential deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range, reducing selected 85% and 90%...

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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