First-time buyers

Increase in popularity of early inheritances

New research from Key Retirement has revealed that parents want to give away an...

10% deposit borrowers struggling to secure deals

35% of would-be first-time buyers saw house deals fall through in the past year...

New buy-to-let rates from Santander

Tomorrow (26 April) Santander is launching a range of new buy-to-let remortgages. The bank will be...

Most unaffordable local authorities revealed

Prospective homeowners in some parts of the country would need to save for 27 years before...

Relatives behind half of FTB deposits

Over half of first time buyers are reliant upon family money to raise the deposit...

Fixed and tracker rate cuts from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on selected two and five-year fixed and...

CML: home buying up slightly

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in February, home buyers borrowed...

Home moving being blocked by finance issues

11% of mortgage customers - equivalent to around 1.2 million homeowners - have given...

Sainsbury’s Bank unveils mortgage offering

Sainsbury’s Bank is launching residential home purchase mortgages and remortgages for first time buyers,...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

New 90% deals from Metro Bank

Metro Bank has introduced a new 90% LTV range, available to first-time buyers, movers and remortgage...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves specialist deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has cut rates and extended the term on several of its mortgages...

Brokers “doing great job” sourcing mortgages

New research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that brokers are...

Research reveals sacrifices needed to buy a home

Tesco Bank has published the results of its first UK Home Buyers’ Survey. The...

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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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I’ll try to make this as straight to the point as I can. The way that your prospective customers find you via online search...

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Former Wales and Lions rugby star joins Howden

Howden has appointed former Wales and British & Irish Lions rugby player Dafydd James...

Reeves weighs property tax overhaul to replace stamp duty

The Treasury is examining plans for a new levy on homes worth more than...

British Business Bank agrees £300m Close Brothers deal to boost SME asset finance

The British Business Bank has agreed a transaction of up to £300m with Close...

Surveying sector strains deepen housing supply crisis

The UK surveying industry is under mounting pressure as compliance demands grow faster than...