First-time buyers

Saffron for Intermediaries added to FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added Saffron for Intermediaries to its...

Hinckley & Rugby integrates JBSP into core mortgage range

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has streamlined its mortgage offering by merging its Joint...

Access FS to exclusively distribute new 0% deposit mortgages

Access Financial Services (Access FS) has been provided with exclusive distribution rights for a...

Accord expands £5k Deposit Mortgage to flats

Accord Mortgages has extended its £5,000 Deposit Mortgage to include flats, in response to...

Vida Homeloans cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let

Vida Homeloans has announced reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges, including its...

First-time buyers now face £33k in upfront costs

The cost of buying a home continues to rise, with first-time buyers now needing...

First-time buyers warned over auction risks amid stamp duty rush

With the stamp duty deadline fast approaching, industry figures are warning that a growing...

Softening in house price growth

Nationwide has reported that the annual rate of house price growth slowed to 4.1%...

First-time buyers face new challenges as family support shifts

New analysis by digital mortgage platform Tembo and lender Gen H highlights the growing...

Salary gains not being translated into larger deposits

Twenty7Tec has revealed that over the past few years, while salaries have increased, the...

Brokers give Barclays’ Mortgage Boost thumbs up

Brokers have hailed the timing of Barclays’ Mortgage Boost proposition as affordability continues to...

Nationwide For Intermediaries ups minimum income requirement for Helping Hand

Nationwide For Intermediaries has increased the sole applicant minimum income for its Helping Hand...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts BTL & residential rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a selection of residential and buy-to-let fixed rates by...

Regulatory reform: a boost for borrowers or a risky move?

Over the festive period, the government reached out to financial regulators, including the FCA,...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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House prices

Price cuts signal more competitive market for brokers

House sellers have made the biggest June price reduction in 14 years as higher...
Cover

Royal London pays record £821m in protection claims 

Royal London paid a record £821m in protection claims during 2025, supporting more than...
Appointments

TAB promotes Bonner to chief risk officer

Specialist lender TAB has appointed Jack Bonner as chief risk officer as it continues...
Building Societies

Skipton BS lowers residential rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across parts of its residential mortgage range from...

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