First-time buyers

Teachers cuts rates on 95% LTV and No ERC products

The Teachers Building Society has reduced its 95% LTV two-year variable rate to...

34% year-on-year rise in first-time buyers

Total home-owner house purchase lending fell in September, down 14% on August but up year-on-year...

Hinckley & Rugby offers 3.89% two-year fix at 90% LTV

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society is launching on 8 November a new two-year...

The Leeds launches 2.45% Help to Buy deal

Leeds Building Society has announced the re-launch of its mortgage product which...

Widespread confusion surrounds Help to Buy

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has found that there is confusion over the government’s...

The Cambridge launches stepped rate discount deal at 95% LTV

The Cambridge Building Society has unveiled a new low deposit mortgage which offers reduced...

New range from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has relaunched its mortgage range. Key points of the updated range include: ·...

New 95% LTV discount deal from Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new 95% LTV two-year discount mortgage...

Mutual lending up 50% year-on-year

September 2013 saw lending by building societies and other mutual lenders reach a level...

Widespread rate cuts by the Nationwide

Nationwide Building Society has made mortgage reductions on all rates at 80%, 85% and...

The Cambridge unveils 95% exclusive

The Cambridge Building Society has launched a 95% LTV mortgage product at 5.39%. It will...

Nationwide offers homebuyer app

The Nationwide Building Society has created a new mobile app to help first time...

CML reports “healthy growth” in all lending areas

Gross UK mortgage lending held steady in August and was an estimated £16.4 billion,...

New FTB deals from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched new lower rate first time buyer mortgages for...

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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