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Generation Z in the dark over home-owning

Research from Halifax has revealed a disjointed picture of home ownership among young people...

FTBs responsible for 81% of Help to Buy equity loans

Over the period since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme...

Growth in second charge mortgage new business

The value of second charge new business in November 2017 was £80m, according to...

Asset finance market set to break new business record

The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has reported that asset finance new business (primarily...

Parents expect offspring to move back home to save for own home

Online mortgage broker Habito has found that parents are going to extreme lengths in order to...

New cashback option from Accord

Accord Mortgages has cut rates and introduced an extra cashback boost on selected mortgages. The...

Paragon unveils new buy-to-let products

Paragon has introduced an extended range of Portfolio and Non-portfolio buy-to-let mortgage products. It has...

These Edible Pick-Up Sticks Let You Play With Your Food

Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase...

Large rise in cost of divorce

UK couples are spending an average of £14,561 on legal and lifestyle costs when...

New guide for prospective tenants

Property specialist Kate Faulkner has urged tenants to conduct research into properties before renting,...

Cirencester Friendly hires new key account manager

Cirencester Friendly has appointed Paul Shepherd to the newly created role of key account...

Agenda for inaugural FIBA Conference announced

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), which holds its inaugural annual conference on...

Advisers need more education on trusts

20% of financial advisers are unaware of the benefits of writing their clients’ life...

High LTV mortgage choice “remains patchy”

AmTrust's latest Mortgage LTV Tracker continues to show that, while the rate differential between...
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Politics

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

Build, baby, build? Well we will need to fund more than the usual suspects

There was a noticeable sense of optimism at UKREiiF this year. That may sound surprising given the economic headwinds of recent years, but the...

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market riding high

Innovation in the lifetime mortgage market has created real value for customers – there’s no excuse to ignore it. When a UK borrower reaches 55,...

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LiveMore appoints Charles Roe as industry adviser

Specialist lender LiveMore has appointed Charles Roe as industry adviser. Roe joins LiveMore with a...
Brokers

Squirrel Financial Planning grows to seven in first year

Squirrel Financial Planning has grown from a one-person mortgage and financial planning business to...
Politics

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards...
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Mortgage repayments set to rise for 5m households by 2028

More than five million households are projected to see their mortgage repayments increase by...

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