Exclusives
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Why digital transformation and open data matter for first-time buyers
Written by Maria Harris, Chair of the Open Property Data Association For many first-time buyers, the prospect of entering the housing market feels…
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Red flags, green shoots, and a year of quiet tensions: Omni Invest’s Fabian Wiesner offers a pragmatic investment outlook
As 2026 unfolds, familiar investment risks are resurfacing, but with sharper edges. Interest rate expectations, AI’s evolving influence, and increasingly transactional geopolitics…
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Over 1.35 million high-LTV mortgage searches in 2025 underscore continuing affordability pressures for first-time buyers
The first-time buyer market is often discussed in binary terms, either resilient or struggling. The reality, reflected clearly in the latest Twenty7tec…
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Employment Rights Act: legal expert highlights what the new reforms and £1bn cost really mean for employers
Employers, including owner-managers of advice firms, face rising costs and operational challenges under the Government’s latest employment reforms. In this analysis for…
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Targeted support: Why the FCA’s new regime is truly game-changing
Grania Baird, Partner at Farrer & Co, explains how the FCA’s new targeted support regime, launching in April 2026, will reshape the…
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First-time buyers: opportunity is regional, uneven and increasingly risky
In the second of two pieces from Aldermore Bank for our First Time Buyer week, Jon Cooper, Director of Mortgages, looks at…
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Later Life Lending is opening up the first-time buyer market for advisers
Written by Damon O’Connell, Director, Key Partnerships Property wealth is firmly established as central to the financial planning process, offering a wide…
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Top five tax and financial considerations for advice clients leaving the UK
Anna Warren, Tax Director at Bentley Reid, outlines the key tax and financial issues facing UK residents who relocate abroad, as new…
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Assessing the current lending landscape for first-time buyers
Written by John Doughty, chapter managing director at Just Mortgages You’d have to look back quite far to find a time when…
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The growing role of family support and the risks around gifted deposits
In the first of two pieces from Aldermore Bank for our First Time Buyer content week, Jon Cooper, Director of Mortgages, explores…
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