First-time buyers

Accord cuts Help to Buy rates

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates on its Help to Buy product range. The changes include...

The Nationwide cuts 90% LTV rates

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing rates on selected two, three and five-year fixed...

Buy-to-lets being sold by the retired to fund FTBs

Equity release adviser Key has revealed that retired homeowners are increasingly considering cashing in...

38% of FTBs will need financial assistance

According to a survey of 2,000 first-time buyers currently in the market for a...

Countrywide launches HomeFact condition report with Santander and Landmark

Landmark Valuation Services has partnered with Countrywide Surveying Services and Santander Mortgages to deliver...

The Skipton unveils mortgages for its Lifetime ISA customers

The Skipton Building Society has introduced a new range of mortgage products available exclusively...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) is to hold a series of seminars by Aldermore at...

Would-be first-time buyers lacking homebuying knowledge

A new study from Santander Mortgages has outlined misconceptions and knowledge gaps among aspiring...

Buy-to-let purchases up 5.5% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that there were 32,640 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Decline in residential market activity predicted

RICS has reported a "renewed deterioration" in near term expectations for the residential property...

Why advice is needed by FTB parents and grandparents

When it comes to the mortgage market, we appear to be never more than...

The Mansfield adds Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor options

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor across its prime residential...

The Skipton unveils 95% LTV shared ownership deals

The Skipton Building Society has launched 95% LTV shared ownership products. The launch follows government changes to...

The Skipton extends term for 90%+ LTV mortgages

The Skipton Building Society has launched an extended term for mortgages with a loan...

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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