First-time buyers

Hanley Economic BS unveils new fixed rates

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a three fixed rate products up to 95%...

Why the BTL contraction is damaging to FTBs

The borrowing capacity of UK homeowners has reduced significantly over the last year, as...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces 90-95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year fixed rate higher LTV products by...

Shared ownership should be rebranded – Just Mortgages

Just Mortgages thinks that the term 'shared ownership' is acting as a barrier to...

Over 676,000 empty homes in England – and rising

To coincide with National Empty Homes Week, which takes place next week, Leeds Building...

Coventry offers 4% saving rate for first-time buyers

Coventry Building Society is offering an interest rate of 4.00% on its First Home...

Iress MSO to support new affordable home ownership schemes

Iress has announced that its MSO software is now fully enabled to support the...

Gen H expands intermediary panel

Generation Home (Gen H) has expanded its intermediary panel with a new partnership with finova...

Berkeley Group signs up to Own New mortgage scheme

Own New has announced Berkeley Group as the latest housing developer to sign up...

IMLA: business as usual on the horizon

The intermediary mortgage market has recovered well from the disruption following the mini-budget in...

First time buyer levels set for new low in 2022

The number of people buying their first home dropped significantly in the first three...

Gen H cuts 5-year rates and adds 3-year deals

Gen H has announced reductions across its five-year product ranges and introduced a new...

Twenty7Tec search records broken last month

Twenty7tec has published its findings based on its mortgage platform data for January 2023. January...

Coventry for Intermediaries improves 90-95% LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced all five-year fixed rates at 90-95% LTV and launched...

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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