First-time buyers

Stamp duty not considered by a quarter of FTBs

22% of first-time buyers aren't thinking about the cost of stamp duty before making...

Help to Buy “giving hope to the younger generation”

The two different phases of the Help to Buy scheme are both visibly improving...

6% quarterly growth in London FTBs

In the fourth quarter of 2013, 13,400 loans were advanced to first-time buyers in...

The Teachers widens criteria for teachers

Teachers Building Society has widened availability of its mortgage range, including products for...

The Saffron makes criteria enhancements

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its buy-to-let and first-time buyer lending criteria. For buy-to-let,...

H&R unveils new 95% LTV fix

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new two year fixed rate mortgage...

FTBs dream of a three-bed

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks has found that a three-bedroom home heads...

Banks retake 95% LTV fixed rate market

Over the past six months there has been a major increase in the number...

Skipton joins Help to Buy

The Skipton Building Society has joined the government's Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The...

January “a stampede” claim chartered surveyors

January saw first time buyers returning to the property market quicker than any...

CML: FTBs drove 2013 mortgage market forward

The total number of home-owner loans for house purchase in December 2013 was down...

Property have and have-nots analysed

The current generation of 25 to 36 years olds are split into property haves...

The Nationwide latest lender to change rates

Nationwide Building Society has made changes to selected mortgage products across its offering. Existing Nationwide...

Young wannabe FTBs willing to sacrifice

36% of non-homeowners aged 18-34 would like to get on the property ladder in...
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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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