First-time buyers

Loughborough BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm has announced the addition of Loughborough Building Society to its lender panel. Member firms...

Over one in five first-time buyers paying Stamp Duty

22% of all first-time buyers have paid stamp duty so far this year, despite...

Stamp Duty holiday end to boost Q1 2025 transactions

Nationwide Building Society has examined what impact the expiry of the stamp duty holiday...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 25bps

Gen H has announced mortgage rate cuts of up to 25 basis points (bps). The...

Hanley Economic BS expands shared ownership offering

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a fee-free two-year fixed rate shared ownership mortgage. ...

Consultation key to meeting housebuilding targets

A new report has concluded that pressing local authorities and developers to widen community...

Untapped demand for custom-build from younger people

The younger generations have a greater interest in, and demand for, custom-build, according new...

Skipton’s new Track Record deal offers £1,000 cashback

Skipton Building Society is launching tomorrow (16 October) a new Track Record product which...

Buckinghamshire BS reprices FTB, BTL and holiday let mortgages

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a widespread product repricing, with rate reductions of up...

3.8 million homes could be freed up by ‘right-sizing’

Alongside building new homes, ‘right-sizing’ could be an important part of the solution to...

Suffolk Building Society now accepts JBSP applications

Suffolk Building Society is welcoming joint borrower sole proprietor (JBSP) applications across residential, buy-to-let,...

Barclays cuts rates and unveils new products

Barclays is launching a range of new products designed to appeal to first-time buyers...

Saffron BS cuts rates and adds new contractor and self-employed options

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate reductions across its complete product range and also...

Millennials’ life events impacting on future retirement plans

59% of millennials are struggling to save for retirement but hope to save more...

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Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

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Barclays cuts five-year fixes again as lender pushes for market-leading position

Barclays is making further reductions across its residential mortgage range, with five-year fixed rates...

The Leeds launches green additional borrowing for home energy upgrades

Leeds Building Society has introduced a new stream of green additional borrowing aimed at...

Equity Release Group expands adviser team after StepChange partnership

Equity Release Group has strengthened its advisory arm, Equity Release Supermarket, with three new...

Love Finance appoints former Monzo director to lead credit and risk

Love Finance has appointed Selen Cagirgan as its new head of credit and risk,...

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