First-time buyers

Leeds BS cuts rates and launches new FTB deal

Leeds Building Society has announced mortgage rate cuts of up to 30 basis points...

First-time buyers face higher mortgage costs despite wage growth

First-time buyers are grappling with significantly higher monthly mortgage payments than they were five...

The value of building societies: 250 years of mutual success

A key anniversary reflects how far the building society movement has come — and...

Nearly 90% would repeat home condition survey experience

88% of consumers who used a home condition survey said they would do so...

Precise improves first-time buyer affordability

Precise, part of OSB Group, has revised the affordability calculation process for its residential...

Loughborough Building Society partners with Finance Advice Club

Loughborough Building Society is expanding its intermediary distribution with its new partnership with Finance...

Mortgage lending up but profits down at YBS

Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has reported a pre-tax profit of £383.7 million for 2024,...

Hanley Economic expands RIO and 95% LTV residential lending offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate option to its...

Price gap between houses and flats at 30-year high

The housing market is continuing to register positive momentum in 2025 with Zoopla’s latest...

KRFI unveils new limited edition shared ownership range

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of OSB Group, has introduced a new limited...

Skipton reports record levels of FTB support

Skipton Group, encompassing Skipton Building Society and Connells Group, has reported its financial results...

Loughborough BS extends 5.5x income to 95% LTV

Loughborough Building Society has increased the loan to value (LTV) on its 5.5x income...

Rightmove calls on government to extend the stamp duty deadline to help 74,000 home-movers

Rightmove is calling for an extension to the stamp duty deadline after research revealed...

Nationwide reduces FTB and homemover rates

Nationwide Building Society has announced reductions in selected mortgage rates by up to 0.33...
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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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