First-time buyers

Combined salary averages in 2024 mortgage searches up 9.52% YOY

Twenty7tec has reported a year-on-year rise in mortgage searches of 7.96% across 2024. The first...

Growth in mortgage and rental spending slows

The latest Barclays Property Insights report has revealed that rent and mortgage spending increased...

HSBC makes residential mortgage cuts

HSBC is making reductions across its residential mortgage product ranges on Monday 13 January. The...

Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages

Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 22bps

Gen H has made a series of mortgage rate reductions. The lower rates are designed...

UTB adds 90% specialist fixes to product offering

United Trust Bank Mortgages has added a range of 90% loan to value (LTV)...

Virgin Money introduces new fee-saver mortgages

Virgin Money is adding new mortgage products and withdrawing existing deals. The lender is making...

Leeds Building Society makes new year mortgage rate cuts

Leeds Building Society has made reductions of up to 21 basis points (bps) on...

Twenty7tec unveils 2025 Adviser Playbook

Twenty7tec is providing mortgage brokers with insight into when they are most busy and...

Broker sees 20% rise in FTB enquiries year-on-year

Mojo Mortgages has published an overview of the key trends and insights that shaped...

Gen H reaches profitability

Gen H has announced that it has achieved its first ever monthly profit in...

Newcastle for Intermediaries provides new products to improve affordability

Newcastle for Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of products to help those looking...

First-time buyers still unaware of stamp duty changes

Experts have warned that “many first-time buyers remain blissfully unaware of the incoming stamp...

Zoopla forecasts buoyant housing market for 2025

The UK housing market is set to experience a significant rebound in 2025, with...
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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...
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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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