First-time buyers

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

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

September a record-breaking month for Twenty7Tec searches

Twenty7tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for September 2022. September...

Skipton to launch new five-year mortgage range

Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of five-year fixed rate mortgages...

OnLadder appoints pre-launch consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. ...

Remove LTI limit to aid FTB affordability

The removal of the Loan to Income (LTI) flow limit is one measure that...

Stamp duty bill for average-priced home in England is now £5,579

Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts hit £10.6bn in the first eight months of the...

Hinckley & Rugby reprices JBSP and later life mortgages

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced simplifications across its product range, aimed at...

How intergenerational mortgages could help FTBs

20 years ago it was fairly commonplace to buy your first home when you...

Reliance Bank revamps mortgage proposition

Reliance Bank has refreshed its mortgage product range and maintained cashback incentives for key...

Borrowers consider green mortgages amid rising energy bills

In July, searches for mortgages which consider a property’s EPC rating grew by 34%,...

Busy beginning to August for mortgage activity

Twenty7Tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for August 2022. The...

Paradigm adds Even to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Even to its lender panel. Paradigm...

Intergenerational lending will only become more prominent

Over the course of the last couple of decades, stagnant wages and rising house...

Mortgage affordability falls to lowest level this year

Mortgage affordability has dropped to its lowest level in 2022, according to the latest...

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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