First-time buyers

Cumberland BS added to Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain

Mortgage Brain has welcomed the Cumberland Building Society to its Sourcing Brain and Criteria...

Period properties less attractive to today’s homebuyers

With sustainability and efficiency being prioritised over style, increasing numbers of homebuyers are looking...

90-95% LTV rates cut amidst Coventry for intermediaries reductions

Coventry for intermediaries has lowered the majority of its fixed rates, with residential rates...

Specialist lenders will help first-time buyers in 2024

First up, may I wish you all a very happy new year and, despite...

Skipton BS to cut 99 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society will be reducing 99 rates across its mortgage product range effective...

Mansfield BS introduces new lifetime discount option

Mansfield Building Society has relaunched residential mortgage products linked to a Lifetime Discount follow-on...

Newcastle Intermediaries makes residential mortgage rate cuts

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates by up to 0.65 percentage points across its range...

Saffron BS expands partnership with Connect for Intermediaries

Saffron Building Society has announced a "deepening" of its collaboration with Connect for Intermediaries. Saffron...

Gen H makes rate reductions of up to 67bps

Gen H has launched further rate cuts across its entire mortgage product range. All LTV...

Bluestone Mortgages cuts residential and RTB rates

Bluestone Mortgages has made rate reductions across its residential and Right to Buy product...

Leeds BS unveils new year mortgage rate reductions

Leeds Building Society has made reductions on products across its mortgage range. the cuts are...

TML launches new residential mortgage products

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added new products to its residential range with the...

Buckinghamshire BS introduces new shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a shared ownership mortgage product designed to assist applicants...

Bluestone Mortgages to offer 95% LTV Deposit Unlock deal

Bluestone Mortgages is to expand lending to more first–time buyers through the Deposit Unlock...

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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