First-time buyers

Gen H cuts 90% and 95% LTV rates

Gen H has introduced reductions in rates designed help customers requiring higher-LTV products. These...

LendInvest Mortgages unveils new 90% LTV two-year fixes

LendInvest Mortgages has announced changes to its residential mortgages product offering, including new products...

Property professionals want Budget boost for new build and FTBs

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that over a...

TML unveils shared ownership proposition

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has launched its shared ownership proposition within its residential range. The...

Bluestone cuts fixed and Deposit Unlock rates

Bluestone Mortgages has issued further rate cuts across its two and five-year fixed rate...

Tandem Bank launches new first charge offering

Tandem Bank has introduced a refreshed first charge mortgage range. It says its most...

Hanley Economic BS updates shared ownership offering

Hanley Economic Building Society has revised its shared ownership product range through the introduction...

Gen H appoints head of lending

Gen H has announced the appointment of Karen Appleton as its new head of...

Gen H makes higher LTV mortgage rate reductions

Gen H has made a series of mortgage rate cuts specifically targeting those with...

Virgin Money adds new 95% LTV two-year fix at 5.49%

Virgin Money is making changes to selected products. The changes will take place on 1...

Gen H improves adverse credit criteria

Gen H has unveiled changes to its credit criteria that it claims will materially...

30% rise in number of FTBs aged 50+

There has been a sharp rise in first-time buyers aged 50 and over, according...

Buckinghamshire BS unveils Deposit Lite

Buckinghamshire Building Society has announced a revamp of its Family Assist product. It has been...

Hanley Economic BS improves FTB offering with rate cut

Hanley Economic Building Society has made its first-time buyer proposition more competitive by reducing...

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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