First-time buyers

Large rise in ‘prime London’ FTB sales

Marsh & Parsons’ latest London Property Monitor has found that while investors continue to...

MAB: typical deposits fall to 12-month low

The average primary salary of a purchase mortgage applicant fell to its lowest point...

Estate agents back Labour’s stamp duty plan

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has welcomed Ed Miliband's stamp duty pledge. Earlier today,...

Labour to announce FTB and rent control initiatives

Ed Miliband will today outline Labour's pledge to scrap stamp duty for first-time buyer...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts higher LTV rates

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 0.4 percentage points on its higher end loan...

Aldermore moves into Help to Buy: equity loan space

Aldermore has launched a Help to Buy: equity loan scheme through a group of...

Strong rise in intermediary mortgage market confidence

Mortgage intermediaries’ confidence about the prospects for the mortgage market has risen significantly, according...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has reduced rates on its 95% LTV two-year fixed Help to Buy mortgage...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks launch cashback offer

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched another £1,000 cashback mortgage offer for homebuyers, as well...

New buyer demand up by 22%

Haart’s National Housing Market Monitor for March 2015 has reported a surge in buyer...

It’s the supply, stupid

At the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) annual lunch on Friday 17 April, the...

Lloyds revamps product range

Lloyds Bank has announced changes to its mortgage product range. For homemovers, 90% LTV two...

New deals and rate cuts from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a new two-year fixed product for home movers, as well...

CML: house purchase lending activity dampened in February

Home-owner house purchase lending fell in February both compared to the previous month and...

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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