First-time buyers

November data shows continuation of sellers’ market

NAEA Propertymark has published its November Housing Report, which revealed that the average number...

BSA: FTBs underestimate intergenerational support available

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has found that 53% of people think older family...

Lenders see market to be secured in high LTV lending

The mortgage market has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs...

MAB New Homes partners with Generation Home

Mortgage Advice Bureau New Homes has teamed up with Generation Home in an attempt...

Attitudes changing to secured debt in retirement

45% of mortgaged homeowners under the age of 40 made it not the property...

Virgin Money improves shared ownership offering

Virgin Money has launched new higher LTV residential rates which come with a £1,000...

FTB shared ownership borrowers looking beyond new build

Greater numbers of first time buyers using shared ownership are buying existing properties rather...

Suffolk BS improves criteria to increase case suitability

Suffolk Building Society has made four changes to its lending criteria. The mutual has increased...

Kensington Mortgages partners with Proportunity to help first-time buyers

Kensington Mortgages and Proportunity are to collaborate to help first time buyers to get...

Soon-to-launch lender joins IMLA

Even, a yet-to-launch lender of Help-to-Buy style mortgages for first-time buyers, has become the...

Twenty7Tec: remortgage searches continue to dominate

Twenty7Tec has reported that remortgage searches totalled 43.2% of the mortgage market searches in...

Castle Trust Bank unveils valuation cashback deal

Castle Trust Bank is now offering a cashback of up to £5,000 + VAT...

FTBs outline financial barriers they face

Four out of five renters want to own a property in the future but...

Hanley’s CEO hails mutual’s “outstanding commercial performance”

Hanley Economic Building Society has reported growth for the year ending 31 August 2021,...

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...

PROFILES