First-time buyers

Sharp rise in EPC-related product searches

UK homeowners are increasingly reassessing their mortgage options due to recent interest rate activity. Searches...

Gen H expands panel with Brilliant addition

Gen H has announced its latest intermediary partnership, this time with Brilliant Solutions. Brilliant Solutions...

Taking a longer mortgage term if necessary should be championed, not chastised

The decisions facing prospective first-time buyers at the moment are interesting on so many...

Crazy not to have an integrated housing policy, says Family BS

A new report has starkly outlined the failure to create an integrated housing policy...

Buckinghamshire BS launches new fee-free shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new shared ownership proposition with rates cut by...

Hanley Economic BS unveils two-year fee-free shared ownership fix

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the launch of a fee-free two-year fixed rate...

Tandem Bank ups support for self-employed

Tandem Bank has announced its move to increase the LTV for self-employed clients from...

I don’t expect large house price fluctuations in either direction

As I write this, the Rightmove asking house price index has just been published,...

Missed opportunity for modular housing?

The UK’s modular housing sector has been dealt a blow with the news Legal...

Leeds adds 95% LTV cashback mortgage to range

Leeds Building Society has added a new mortgage with cashback to its higher loan...

Bevan Money applies for banking licence

Bevan Money has submitted its application for a banking licence. The business plans to...

Reliance Bank improves shared ownership and key worker propositions

Reliance Bank has increased its LTV banding from 90% to 95% LTV percentage share...

Mortgage Brain to host free complex affordability masterclass with Accord Mortgages

Mortgage Brain has partnered with Accord Mortgages to host the next free webinar in...

Rightmove: new sellers responding to improving market

Rightmove has reported that the average price of property coming to the market rose...

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...

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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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