First-time buyers

Cost of living crisis could stymie one million first-time buyers

A new survey from Aviva has revealed more than a million Brits under the...

Virgin Money withdraws 95% LTV range

Virgin Money has made changes to its product offering. It has withdrawn its highest LTV...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils shared ownership range

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched its shared ownership proposition to the market, introducing a range...

Darlington BS introduces low deposit five-year deals

Darlington Building Society is now offering two low deposit, five-year fixed rate mortgages. The first...

Nottingham BS to provide £600m funding to Gen H

Nottingham Building Society (NBS) and fintech mortgage lender Gen H have agreed a new...

What next for first-time buyers?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the situation for...

Adverse credit dominates Primis’ Q3 broker queries

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

Skipton tailors new mortgages to first-time buyers

Skipton Building Society is launching a suite of new mortgage products tomorrow (25 October). ...

Consistency remains in mortgage searches

Mortgage criteria searches remained consistent from August to September, according to results from Legal...

Bevan Money completes banking pre-application stage

Bevan Money, which is aiming to become a bank with a focus on providing...

Bucks BS relaunches JBSP and impaired credit products

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched fixed rate options on two of its most popular...

MBT introduces mortgage helpdesk

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a new Mortgage Helpdesk, giving brokers immediate telephone...

OnLadder hires marketing consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of David Swallow as a consultant to the business. ...

L&G calls for industry collaboration over Help to Buy end

Legal & General Mortgage Club is calling on the mortgage industry to work together...

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The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

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Later life lending must become ‘mainstream priority’, following FCA reform speech

Will Hale, chief executive of Key Advice & Air, has urged the mortgage industry...

FRP expands with acquisition of Arc & Co

FRP has strengthened its presence in the real-estate finance market with the acquisition of...

Metro Bank cuts rates and returns to 80% buy-to-let lending

Metro Bank has made further cuts across its residential, near-prime and buy-to-let product ranges,...

Conveybuddy appoints new business development executive

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has appointed Connor Nixon as its new business development executive, strengthening...

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