First-time buyers

FTBs show widespread lack of shared ownership understanding

Only 35% of prospective first-time buyers can accurately define shared ownership, suggesting that many...

Majority of couples see buying a home as bigger commitment than marriage

64% of adults in unwedded relationships would prioritise getting on the property ladder over...

Leeds BS cuts rates and adds new 95% LTV options

Leeds Building Society had made reductions across its mortgage range to cut the cost...

Residential By Foundation launches into JBSP arena

Residential by Foundation has moved into the Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) product space...

Gen H joins forces with HL Partnership

Gen H has announced a new partnership with network HL Partnership. The arrangement will...

13% rise in 56-65 year-olds searching for first home

Latest mortgage adviser searches are highlighting the growing trends among first-time buyers in the...

Mutual cites five stats to justify Stamp Duty reform

Coventry Building Society has identified a handful of statistics which it argues highlight the...

Major regional differences in housing market for FTBs

There are stark regional differences in conditions for first-time buyers, according to Coventry for...

Sesame Bankhall Group partners with Perenna Bank

Perenna Bank has joined the lender panels of Sesame Network and PMS Mortgage Club,...

HRBS unveils 95% LTV ‘income booster’ mortgage

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched income booster mortgage at 95% loan to...

24% fall in annual Stamp Duty receipts

Homebuyers paid out £11.6bn in Stamp Duty Land Tax in the 2023-24 tax year,...

Fall in ‘interest-only’ searches in March

Legal & General Ignite data has shown that UK mortgage market activity remained robust...

Gen H joins Mortgage Intelligence panel

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has partnered with Mortgage Intelligence. Bournemouth-based Mortgage Intelligence was established...

Reliance Bank joins Beneficial Network’s lender panel

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

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

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

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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