First-time buyers

Property demand up year-on-year

NAEA Propertymark has revealed that the number of house hunters registered per estate agent...

The Leeds cuts 95% LTV rate

The Leeds Building Society is reducing rates on its 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Prime time for first-time buyers

With the football season now well under way, and the transfer window firmly closed,...

First-time buyers remain dominant in driving housing activity

Lloyds Bank has reported that the number of people moving home increased for the...

First-time buyer numbers close to pre-crash levels

The Yorkshire Building Society has calculated that the number of people buying their first...

Small fall in first-time buyer mortgages in June

UK Finance has reported that there were 32,760 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Accord improves 95% LTV offering

Accord has increased the cashback offered on its range of 95% loan to value...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 95% LTV deal at 2.90%

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a 95% LTV mortgage at 2.90% and refreshed end dates...

Vida Homeloans unveils new Help to Buy range

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new range of Help to Buy specialist mortgage products...

Intervention needed to keep homeownership dream alive

Santander Mortgages has warned that the dream of homeownership for middle-income Britain, individual buyers...

NAEA: housing market “still stronger than expected”

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has reported that the number of house...

AmTrust sees large increase in deposits and loans required by FTBs

AmTrust has reported that there has been a significant increase in the cost of...

FTBs in the South East most stretched in country, despite higher salaries

Homeowners in the North of England are 'the best-off in Britain', with more disposable...

What could a Johnson premiership mean for the housing market?

You get the sense that – however long the Boris Johnson Premiership might last...

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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