First-time buyers

Gross advances and new commitments on the rise

The overall value of the residential loan amounts outstanding was £1,272 billion in the...

New Welcome deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range. It now includes new versions of...

Unexpected £3.6bn repair bill for homebuyers

E.surv research has suggested that homebuyers who failed to fully investigate the state of...

New deals from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched new lower mortgage rates. The new deals include...

Hinckley & Rugby cuts mortgage rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on fixed rate mortgages...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has cut three high LTV products in its range as it seeks to continue to support...

4% fall in monthly property transactions

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for July 2015 was 100,720 residential...

Borrowers seeking 30+ year mortgages

Growing numbers of homebuyers are looking for mortgage terms of over 30 years to...

Saffron unveils limited edition FTB fix

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage for first time...

CML: uptick in remortgage activity among home-owners

First-time buyers saw a large month-on-month increase in activity in June compared to May,...

Smaller deposits succeeding in securing mortgages

New research from the Nottingham Building Society reveals thats the average homebuyer over the...

Average homemover deposit now nearly £90k

Around 155,000 people moved home in the first six months of 2015, according to...

Record mortgage lending growth for the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has reported that its new residential mortgage lending increased by...

New 90% deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new fixed-then-discount mortgage at up to...

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

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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