Mortgages

10% deposit borrowers struggling to secure deals

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

L&G hires lifetime mortgages’ operations director

Legal & General has appointed Mike Thompson to the position of operations director of its...

Paragon to pay product switch proc fee

Paragon Mortgages has become the latest lender to introduce procuration fees for brokers. It will pay a...

TMA Mortgage Club extends partnership with Mortgage Brain

TMA Mortgage Club is offering Mortgage Brain's latest technology solutions to its Directly Authorised members. MortgageBrain...

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...

Magellan cuts complex prime rates

Magellan Homeloans has cut its two-year fixed rate pricing across its range of complex...

Trio of limited edition deals from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has unveiled three new limited edition products for buy-to-let property purchases and remortgages. These...

New ‘super’ trade body appoints first CEO

UK Finance, the new trade association representing UK finance and banking, has revealed that...

Record lowest fixed rate from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched the lowest mortgage rate ever available in the...

Openwork reveals network’s ‘number one firm’

Openwork has revealed that Just Mortgages was its number one mortgage firm in the...

Most unaffordable local authorities revealed

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

CML: lending in ‘neutral gear’

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £21.4...

Sesame and PMS launch Skipton exclusive

Sesame and PMS have launched an exclusive two year fixed rate mortgage product to...

Cashback doubled by Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages is doubling the amount of cashback on offer across its mortgage range....
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COMMENT

Comment

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

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Green shoots for housing market as confidence rebounds

Surveyors are reporting the clearest signs yet that the housing slowdown may be bottoming...
AML

AML regime ‘costing billions with little return’

Global anti-money laundering rules are imposing vast costs on banks while recovering less than...
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HSBC UK to host Spring Budget economy webinars for intermediaries

HSBC UK is inviting brokers to join a series of economy update webinars focused...
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Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...

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