First-time buyers

CML: mortgage lending down on an annual basis

Gross mortgage lending in May was £15.9bn, up from £15.8bn in April but down...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Summer comeback for purchase approvals

House purchase approval figures grew in June, with strong improvements on both a monthly...

Summer Budget 2015 speech – in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, This is a Budget that puts security first. It’s a Budget that recognises...

Halifax: monthly rise in house prices of 1.7%

The latest Halifax House Price Index has reported that house prices in the three...

Virgin Money removes application fee for limited period

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. It has also removed the £99...

TSB Intermediary moves into 95% LTV space

TSB Intermediary has launched 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgages to customers buying a...

Modest decline in first-time buyer numbers

The latest Halifax First-Time Buyer Review has estimated that there were 139,500 first-time buyers...

London on way to reaching new homes targets

The latest London New Homes Monitor from Stirling Ackroyd claims that many new homes have...

Halifax cuts mortgage rates

Halifax has cut mortgage rates across its 0-95% loan to value (LTV) two-year fixed first-time...

Sharp rise in purchase demand

The National Association of Estate Agents' (NAEA) May Housing Market Report has found that...

Valuation fees to be refunded by Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries is to refund valuation fees to first-time buyers and home movers. Meanwhile, Halifax...

Mortgage borrowing at a six-year high in May

Homebuyers’ average deposits and loans reached a new post-recession peak in May 2015 as...

Family Mortgage sees rates cut

The Family Building Society has reduced the interest rates on its three and five-year...
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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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