Mortgages

MPC holds bank rate once again

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to maintain the Bank...

TMW cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut new mortgage rates by up to 0.85 percentage...

New service promises ‘better deal’ notification

Online mortgage adviser Trussle is offering a free service which it claims automatically determines...

Many Brits unprepared for bank rate rise

TSB has surveyed thousands of homeowners across the country to fully understand how prepared Britain...

Promise secures consumer credit and mortgage authorisation

Promise Solutions has received Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorisation ahead of the implementation of...

Over-55s benefiting from falling inflation

Aviva has claimed that over-55s are seeing the benefit of falling inflation as non-essential...

Skipton to move to ESIS next week

On Monday 14 December Skipton Intermediaries is switching to the European Standardised Information Sheet...

BoE: 8.5% rise in gross advances

The proportion of lending for house purchase in the third quarter of the year...

New national account manager for TRM

Billy Hewitt is to join The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) as national...

Costs of failing to remortgage revealed

14% of homeowners attempting to remortgage in the past two years have failed to...

New buy-to-let deals from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of fixed rate buy-to-let purchase products with rates reduced...

Connect grows BDM team

Connect for Intermediaries has recruited Ed Maguire and Terry Singleton in new business development...

PM moves to expand shared ownership

David Cameron has announced reform of rules concerning shared ownership. He is looking to expand...

20% decline in £1.5m+ house sales

Halifax has claimed that the average home buyer is £4,500 better-off under the new...

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...

Latest news

Nationwide completes first live digital mortgage deeds with Veyco technology

Nationwide Building Society has become the first UK lender to complete live mortgage transactions...

CIExpert adds Royal London to income protection insight zone

Royal London has become the latest insurer to join CIExpert’s Income Protection Insight Zone,...

First-time buyers ‘closer than they think’ to owning a home

Most wannabe first-time buyers may be far closer to homeownership than they realise according...

FTBs handed boost as high-LTV mortgage choice hits record

First-time buyers and borrowers with small deposits are entering 2026 with more mortgage choice...

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