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First-time buyers
First-time buyer homes outpace wider market as affordability improves
First-time buyers are paying more for their homes than they were a year ago...
9 October 2025
Stamp duty receipts rise to £9.3bn – but signs of a peak emerge
Homebuyers have paid £9.3 billion in stamp duty between January and August, a 20.6%...
8 October 2025
2.5 million homeowners could move if stamp duty scrapped
Around 2.5 million homeowners could be freed to move house if Conservative Party plans...
8 October 2025
INDUSTRY REACTION: Badenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty in bid to revive homeownership
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty on home sales, describing it as...
8 October 2025
Santander calls for homebuying reforms as young buyers bear the brunt of broken system
Younger buyers and families are suffering most from England and Wales’s outdated homebuying process,...
8 October 2025
Atom bank widens access to Growth Guarantee Scheme loans
Atom bank has broadened its lending criteria under the government-backed Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS),...
8 October 2025
First-time buyer growth slows as affordability pressures persist
The number of first-time buyers entering the housing market has risen sharply this year...
7 October 2025
Pepper Money bolsters regional team with NW appointment
Specialist mortgage lender Pepper Money has appointed Michelle Walsh as regional development manager for...
7 October 2025
Government urged to ease court bottlenecks as eviction delays hit housing supply
The government is being urged to intervene to tackle mounting delays in the County...
7 October 2025
Barclays expands mortgage flexibility for homebuyers and landlords
Barclays has announced a series of updates to its mortgage policies designed to increase...
6 October 2025
Mortgage industry legends back Take Me Home Christmas Charity Concert
Support continues to build for what’s shaping up to be the mortgage industry’s biggest...
6 October 2025
Industry welcomes government’s homebuying reforms but warns of deeper challenges ahead
Government plans to overhaul the homebuying process have received a broadly positive response from...
6 October 2025
The Mortgage Mum and LIBF launch scholarship scheme
The Mortgage Mum has partnered with the London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)...
6 October 2025
Families to save hundreds as Government unveils homebuying overhaul
Families buying and selling homes in England could save hundreds of pounds and weeks...
6 October 2025
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Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!
It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....
27 October 2025
Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers
This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...
24 October 2025
Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream
It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...
21 October 2025
TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite
The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...
20 October 2025
How social media has transformed financial services
As SM Advice celebrates its first year it’s hard to ignore just how much social media has changed for financial services - and for...
20 October 2025
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Brokers back innovation and urge Chancellor to cut stamp duty
Mortgage brokers have thrown their weight behind industry efforts to modernise the homebuying process...
28 October 2025
Regulation
Brokers warn of landlord exodus amid property tax reforms and Renters’ Rights Act
Mortgage brokers have issued a stark warning that the government’s latest interventions in the...
28 October 2025
Buy-to-let
Keystone lowers rates by up to 20 basis points
Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates by up to 20 basis points across almost...
28 October 2025
Protection
L&G extends flexibility on increasing cover to existing policyholders
Legal & General has announced that customers with existing increasing cover protection policies will...
28 October 2025