First-time buyers

Encouraging signs from wannabe first-time buyers

The proportion of intending home-buyers over the next 12 months who will be purchasing...

First-time buyer transaction levels recover

There was a 28% increase in the number of first-time buyer transactions in May...

Cost of renting continues to rise

Property website Zoopla.co.uk has claimed that the cost of home ownership is cheaper than...

Affordable schemes analysed by Halifax

Halifax has looked at the typical profile of someone buying a home under 'affordable'...

Landlords aren’t to blame for high rental demand

Bob Young, managing director of CHL Mortgages When the housing market was at its...

Lifetime saving from home ownership calculated

Owning your home rather than renting it will save you £194,000 over a 50-year...

Approvals down due to Eurozone crisis

1 Eurozone pressures forced banks to scale back their lending and reduce the number of...

April sees major drop-off in FTBs

April saw a fall in house purchase lending, in particular to first-time buyers, according...

Renters struggling to save to buy a home

Saving to buy a home while renting is looking like a less reliable route...

L&G Mortgage Club grows Progressive partnership

Legal & General Mortgage Club has extended its existing partnership with Progressive Building Society...

May mortgage market sees return to growth

The latest Housing Market Activity Report by Connells Survey & Valuation has reported return...

Property ownership a sign of being ‘grown up’

Almost half of Brits believe that the global economic crisis is forcing people to...

The Yorkshire to cut 90% LTV rates

Yorkshire Building Society is cutting fixed rates on 90% LTV products by up to...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks in fee-free move

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks will offer a fee-free mortgage offer from 11 June. The Banks...
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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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