Help to Buy

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

Help to Buy rate cut from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has cut the rate of its Help to Buy mortgages. The mutual...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made to its residential mortgage range, including adding a a new intermediary...

New Welcome deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range. It now includes new versions of...

New Leeds remortgage deals for Help to Buy borrowers

Those people who were among the first to purchase their properties under the government’s Help...

Insurance scheme behind the Monmouthshire’s FTB growth

Genworth has revealed that its client, Monmouthshire Building Society, has significantly upped the number...

80% of HTB mortgages taken out by first-time buyers

The average price paid for properties purchased under the various affordable housing schemes in...

The Teachers supports Help to Buy Wales

The Teachers Building Society has extended its support of affordable home ownership to the...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Valuation fees to be refunded by Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries is to refund valuation fees to first-time buyers and home movers. Meanwhile, Halifax...

BSA calls for ‘housing for all’ in Wales

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has called on all parts of the Welsh housing...

Five-month slowdown for HTB1

The government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme (HTB1) for new-build properties has seen...

Positive month for FTBs, but future looks tough

26% of house sales were made to first time buyers in April, according to...

20% of Help to Buy deals not taken out by FTBs

The government has revealed that since the launch of the Help to Buy equity...

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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