First-time buyers

The Ipswich predicts ‘family focussed’ mortgage lending

 in 2021 The Ipswich Building Society is predicting that mortgage lending will become more "family-centric"...

The Saffron offers broker exclusive 90% deals

The Saffron Building Society has introduced a pair of limited first-time buyer products to...

New Help to Buy fixes from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of Help to Buy products. The range of...

NatWest returns to 90% LTV mortgage lending

NatWest has reintroduced a range of 90% loan to value (LTV) residential purchase mortgages...

Sales and rental markets remained resilient during 2020

Across 2020, the number of prospective buyers was the highest it has been over...

“Great news” about affordability gap

The affordability gap fell to a record low of 15% in November, according to...

Brokers increasing number of furloughed worker searches

Knowledge Bank’s monthly criteria index has revealed that in November 'furloughed workers’ returned to...

Accord unveils positive changes to 90% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is reducing product fees to £495 (from £995) and launching a cashback...

TSB cuts range of residential rates

TSB Bank has reduced a number of rates within its residential mortgage range. First-time buyer...

Nationwide cuts 85% LTV two-year tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cuts rates by 0.15 percentage points on its two-year fixed...

Deposit most popular reason for equity release gifting

Older homeowners used their property wealth to gift £530m to family and friends during...

Stark difference in average minimum and maximum loan amounts available

The average maximum loan available to mortgage borrowers in November was £278,145, while the...

New first-time buyer five-year fix from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage for first-time buyers. The Core product is fixed...

TSB makes selected residential rate reductions

TSB Bank has announced a number of changes to its residential range of mortgages. The...
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COMMENT

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

News

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...
Technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...
Building Societies

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...
Cover

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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