Help to Buy

Rates down and product numbers up for FTBs

The number of first time buyer products available is on the rise, and mortgage...

The Teachers’ Help to Buy now available for remortgage

The Teachers Building Society has widened the availability of its Help to Buy mortgage,...

Aldermore celebrates sixth birthday

Aldermore is celebrating six years in business. The lender was founded during the economic downturn...

‘Ideal’ policy package for young people established

The housing policies proposed by the political parties over the last few months have...

Shortage of stock cited as largest market stumbling block

The housing market is being constrained by a shortage of houses for sale, according...

Building homes has to be the government’s priority

You might not think it possible but there will probably be more words written...

Once in a lifetime change in housing market?

The mood (unsurprisingly) was almost overwhelmingly positive at the recent post-Election Great Housing Debate...

New Help to Buy deals from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has launched two new remortgage products for homeowners who bought their...

Annual Help to Buy repayments £180 cheaper than renting

Latest data suggests that first-time buyers who have used the Help to Buy mortgage...

Aldermore moves into Help to Buy: equity loan space

Aldermore has launched a Help to Buy: equity loan scheme through a group of...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has reduced rates on its 95% LTV two-year fixed Help to Buy mortgage...

It’s the supply, stupid

At the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) annual lunch on Friday 17 April, the...

HSBC launches sub-1.99% five-year fix

HSBC is launching a five-year fix below 2% on Monday 20 April. It is available at...

RICS: trends suggest “a very real housing crisis”

The latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey has revealed that house sales and buyer...

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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