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Interest rate concern as data shows weaker jobs market - Introducer Today

3 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New data showing a further weakening of the UK jobs market has raised debate about future interest rate falls. Job vacancies have now fallen below the pre-pandemic level of March 2020, down from a peak of 1.3m in early 2022 to 761,000 last month. Average weekly earnings continued to rise faster than inflation, at 5.5% down from 5.7%, while pay excluding bonuses grew at a lower 5.6% level, down from 5.9%, in the three months to March.
Good news as new home registrations show major upswing - Introducer Today

3 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Figures from the National House Building Council (NHBC) show 29,356new homes were registered to be built in Q1 2025, up 36% on the same period last year. And that is 17% more than Q4 2024. But in terms of completions there was a small dip in Q1 this year – 26,120 new homes were completed, 1% down on Q1 2024.
Nationwide and Rightmove launch ‘world first’ mortgage lending check

3 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Rightmove and Nationwide have launched a global-first real-time digital feature, which helps potential home-buyers understand if a specific property they want to view is likely to be eligible for mortgage lending. With the new digital ‘property lending check’, homebuyers can for the first time receive real-time information about the likelihood of getting a mortgage on a home before a viewing and well ahead of the offer stage.
Advisers told they ‘could do better’ on later life lending

3 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Advisers have apparently suggested in a survey that there was room for improvement on how they meet Consumer Duty obligations in the later life lending market. Key Later Life Lending’s study with over-50s specialists, wealth advisers and general advisers claims to have found 45% saying they were very confident they meet Consumer Duty obligations on later life lending.
L&G launches PR film promoting equity release

3 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

L&G’s Home Finance business has launched its Leading the Way campaign, showcasing connections built between lifetime mortgage customers and its Customer Service, Underwriting, and Care Service teams. The campaign launches as the business celebrates a decade in the lifetime mortgage sector. During this time, L&G’s Home Finance business has helped more than 100,000 customers release more than £6.5 billion of equity from their properties.
UK Finance reveals how Bank of Mum and Dad impacts FTB market

5 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New analysis from UK Finance highlights the impact of family financial support in the first-time buyer (FTB) market – often known as the Bank of Mum and Dad. It looked at assisted and unassisted buyers in terms of deposits, age, household income and purchase price in 2024 and found notable differences across these in each region of the UK. Nationally, first-time buyers who receive assistance are able to buy a home at an average age of just over 30, with an average household income of £56,000.
Why markets are pricing in two, maybe three, rate cuts this year

5 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

By Peter Bill, head of UK research at Knight FrankThe interest rate environment is improving and not just because the Bank of England cut by 0.25% to 4.25% last week. The more important consideration is that markets are pricing in between two and three further cuts this year, which means fixed-rate mortgages are getting cheaper.
Investors abandon south of England and head north - new analysis

5 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New buy-to-let purchases are being increasingly concentrated in the North of England, as investors target higher-yielding homes with lower entry costs. A record 39% of buy-to-lets purchased during the first four months of 2025 were in the North of England or the Midlands, up from 24% in 2007 and 34% in 2022 when interest rates started rising (chart 1). Conversely, investors are shifting away from the South of England, where properties are typically more expensive and generate lower rental yields.
Nationwide brands cut rates as competition hots up

5 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Nationwide has reduced rates for existing customers switching to a new deal or new customers remortgaging by up to 0.22 percentage points. It’s also cutting all two-year tracker product rates by 0.25 percentage points following the Bank of England’s base rate reduction late last week. Remortgages have been cut by up to 0.22 percentage points across selected two, three and five-year fixed rate products, with rates starting from 3.84%, up to 60% of the property’s value, with a £1,499 fee.
Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter charity ball announced

5 days ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

The Co-Founders of the Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter have announced the inaugural MIMHC Charity Ball 2025 – sponsored by Market Financial Solutions. The Ball will take place at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London on October 10, as part of World Mental Health Day. The event is being led by William Lloyd-Hayward, Group Chief Operating Officer at The Brightstar Group and Jason Berry, Group Sales Director at Crystal SF.