First-time buyers

Bank of Mum and Dad works both ways

49% of millennials (23-38 year olds) have provided financial support to their parents, according to...

April first-time buyer completions up 8% year-on-year

UK Finance has published its Mortgage Trends Update for April 2019. There were 27,370 new...

Self-employed make major life changes in bid for property ownership

Online mortgage broker Trussle has reported that 38% self-employed borrowers are making what it...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts five-year 95% LTV mortgages

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year 95% LTV mortgages by up to...

Millennials are less job mobile

New research has found that higher rents are reducing the financial gains from moving...

Mortgage market unaffected by slowdown in property sector

The latest Mortgage Monitor from E.surv found that there were 65,801 residential mortgages approved...

Homeownership a pipedream for half of employees

47% of non-homeowning employees in the UK don’t believe they will ever be able...

Barclays to cut Scotland Help to Buy rates

Barclays Mortgages is making changes to its Scotland Help to Buy products on 31 May. As...

Application-offer conversions at three-year high

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that mortgage brokers saw more loan...

58% changed spending habits to help buy their first home

Research from MoneySuperMarket has revealed that 58% of British homeowners made tactical changes to their spending...

March saw year-on-year decrease in first-time buyers

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for March 2019  has revealed that there were 28,800...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts joint mortgage sole proprietor rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its joint mortgage sole proprietor range by up...

The Beverley joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has revealed that the Beverley Building Society has joined its panel of...

The West Brom ups 95% LTV maximum loan size

The West Bromwich Building Society has increased the maximum loan size it will offer...

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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