First-time buyers

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...

Virgin Money launches new Rate Reducer and Fix and Switch rates

Virgin Money is making changes to its mortgage range on Friday 15 March. Changes include...

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...

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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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