First-time buyers

Landlords weigh exit as Renters’ Rights Bill nears Royal Assent

More than a third of UK landlords are considering selling their properties in the...

West Brom reduces rates across shared ownership range

West Brom Building Society has announced a series of mortgage rate reductions within its...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Bank of England holds rates at 4% as inflation concerns persist

The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 4% and signalled...

Reeves considering staggered stamp duty payments to revive housing market

The Treasury is believed to be weighing reforms to stamp duty that would allow...

L&C breaks through million mortgage application milestone

L&C Mortgages has now submitted over a million mortgage applications since it launched over...

Southern buyers gain most from easing mortgage rates and static prices

Buyers in London and the south of England are seeing the greatest improvements in...

Antiquated homebuying system costs UK economy £1.5bn a year

The UK’s outdated homebuying process is draining at least £1.5 billion annually from consumers...

Self-employed workers would switch to a salaried job to get a mortgage

The majority of self-employed workers would switch to a salaried job to get a...

Six million tenants preparing to step onto housing ladder

Millions of future first-time buyers are waiting to take their first step on the...

UK house price growth slows as affordability pressures persist

Average UK house prices rose by 2.8% in the year to July 2025, reaching...

Alexander Snapes joins Tembo as head of CRM

Mortgage and savings platform Tembo has hired Alexander Snapes as its new head of...

Hinckley & Rugby’s mortgage deals available throughout Scotland

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has announced its residential mortgage products are now available...

Gen H celebrates New Build Boost’s effect on homeownership

Six months after its launch, Gen H’s New Build Boost mortgage scheme has already...

First-time buyers favour ‘forever homes’

First-time buyers are increasingly opting for larger homes and longer mortgage terms as they...

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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