First-time buyers

New fixed rate options from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society is offering new mortgage products. This mutual says its mortgage options...

New thinking needed to help the young

There’s no doubting that when it comes to thinking outside the box, the recent...

New cashback offer from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of residential mortgages, offering £500 cashback...

New Family Assist deal from the Bucks

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has unveiled a Family Assist Mortgage available to first time...

Newcastle Intermediaries refreshes fees-assisted offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has made changes to a range of its fee assisted two-year fixed...

Housing ladder “no longer exists”

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has responded to research by the National Housing Federation showing...

Halifax Intermediaries unveils £1k cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a £1,000 cashback offer #100for first-time buyers and home movers.  The...

Criteria Hub sees evidence of increasing older life mortgage activity

Criteria Hub has published the top threesearches made by criteria broker users in residential...

First-time buyers forum to be held in the North East

Skipton Intermediaries will be presenting at a First Time Buyers Forum at the North...

House purchase approvals down 21% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that gross mortgage lending in March is estimated to have...

Newcastle Intermediaries adds £1,000 cashback to 95% LTV range

Newcastle Intermediaries is offering a 95% LTV mortgage with £1,000 cashback, available to first...

Decade-high February for home-movers and first-time buyers

UK Finance has reported that mortgage lending for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors...

The Ipswich unveils pair of gifted deposit deals

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced two dedicated gifted deposit products, extending its criteria...

Why things are getting worse for first-time buyers

First-time buyers might often wonder what the market is doing on any given week,...

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Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Lloyds ad banned over misleading £19.5bn housing claim

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a Lloyds Banking Group advertisement overstated...

Reeves mulls Capital Gains Tax on high-value homes as Treasury seeks £40bn

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering ending the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on high-value...

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...

Commuter hotspots offer affordability lifeline as office returns pick up

With more employees heading back into the office commuting is once again shaping homebuying...