Help to Buy 2 will be cut short, lenders have predicted in research conducted by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association.

Customers will get more help to achieve better outcomes when they turn their pension savings into a retirement income, the Association of British Insurers announced today.

Following a review, Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services has increased the proc fees it pays to brokers for advising on and introducing residential mortgages from 0.35 to 0.40%.

Home affordability in UK cities has improved in 51 of 62 cities in the last five years - yet has dropped in the last year, according to the Lloyds Bank Affordable Cities Review.