First-time buyers

Reliance Bank joins Beneficial Network’s lender panel

Mortgage and protection network Beneficial has added Reliance Bank to its mortgage panel. Members...

Perenna joins Deposit Unlock scheme

Perenna has become the latest lender to join the Deposit Unlock scheme in order...

Rising costs mean tough choices for young adults

The average cost of getting married, buying a house and having children in the...

Mortgage searches down month-on-month

Twenty7tec has published its mortgage market statistics for March 2024. Purchase mortgage searches were down...

LISAs are ‘game-changers’ for first-time buyers

Savings and mortgage platform Tembo has looked at the data around first-time buyers who...

The Mortgage Lender joins Openwork’s lender panel

Openwork, one the UK’s largest financial services networks, has announced the addition of The...

Mortgage Brain to host Perenna Criteria Masterclass

Mortgage Brain has partnered with residential mortgage lender, Perenna, to host a free Criteria...

Buyers who opt out of a professional survey are left open to hidden costs

While stepping onto the property ladder for the first time marks a major milestone...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 20bps

Gen H has announced another round of rate cuts, in advance of an expected...

First-time buyers leading the criteria and affordability search charge

Legal & General Ignite has reported a strong level of criteria and affordability searches...

Why reading beyond the headlines is crucial for 100% mortgages

Rumours that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt planned to introduce a 99% LTV mortgage designed to...

A missed opportunity and 2024 property market expectations

It's been evident over the past 12 to 18 months that first-time buyers have...

Self-employed enquiries outpacing ones from FTBs

A survey of mortgage brokers carried out by the Family Building Society has found...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts rates to help first-time buyers

Coventry for intermediaries has lowered certain new business residential rates by up to 22...

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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...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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House prices slide as wealthy buyers brace for Budget tax raid

House prices have recorded their sharpest November fall in more than a decade as...

Scottish rent controls blamed for surge in annual rent hikes

Scotland’s rent control regime has led to a sharp rise in the proportion of...

L&G sells surveying arm to Beach Equity

Legal & General has agreed to sell its long-standing surveying division to Beach Equity,...

Santander makes third round of November rate cuts as pricing drifts lower

Santander will cut a wide swathe of its residential and buy-to-let pricing next week,...

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