First-time buyers

Budget fears stall housing market as one in five hold off selling

One in five UK homeowners say they are postponing plans to sell their property...

Perenna appoints industry veteran Steve Mannakee

Long-term fixed-rate mortgage lender Perenna has strengthened its distribution team with the appointment of...

Accord trims rates to support first-time buyers with smallest deposits

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates across its residential range in a move designed to...

Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

House prices show modest growth as affordability pressures linger

UK house prices rose modestly in September, with the annual rate of growth holding...

Gen H launches part and part mortgage for buyers with 5% deposit

Gen H has unveiled a new mortgage designed to help first-time buyers and households...

NCA and Law Society join forces to fight property fraud

The National Crime Agency (NCA) and The Law Society have launched a joint campaign...

The Family BS launches expat limited company buy-to-let range

Family Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let range designed for limited company landlords...

Inflation accelerates as non-food prices climb and new tax pressures loom

Shop price inflation picked up pace in September, rising to 1.4% from 0.9% in...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement...

Reeves: Social housing must play a major role in tackling crisis

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that social housing will be central to Labour’s plans...

Mortgage borrowing slows as corporate lending accelerates

Households are curbing mortgage borrowing amid a cooling housing market, despite falling rates on...

First Mortgage joins forces with Moneybox to boost first-time buyer support

First Mortgage, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau group, has announced a partnership with...

Expert Taskforce recommends 12 sites for new towns

The government has confirmed it will progress work on the next generation of new...
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COMMENT

Comment

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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estate agents

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...
Regulation

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...
Mortgages

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...
Regulation

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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