First-time buyers are seeing the most favourable affordability conditions in almost a decade, according to new research from Lloyds.
A combination of slower house price growth, rising wages and lower mortgage rates has pushed the typical price-to-income ratio for...
LifeSearch has partnered with Trust Genie and Yavia to allow customers buying life insurance online to place their policies into trust during the same...
Catalyst Property Finance has strengthened its new business operations with three senior hires and a promotion as the lender prepares for a more active...
Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a two-year interest-only self-build variable discount mortgage with an initial pay rate of 5.84%, marking a targeted expansion...
The Chancellor set out to fix an economy that is not working well enough for working people, talking about high bills, squeezed living standards and the need to “get ahead” again. That is the right diagnosis.
But from a...
After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there was an expectation of significant change.
However, it appears to be quite the opposite; any substantial measures are not due to take effect until 2028...
After all the speculation, this Budget offered little for the housing market.
No stamp duty reform, no meaningful support for first-time buyers and a new tax on higher-value properties that raises as many questions as it answers.
Stamp duty remains...
Lloyds Banking Group is widening access to higher loan-to-income borrowing for new buyers by reducing the minimum household income required for First-Time Buyer Boost.
From five December, households earning £40,000 will be eligible to borrow up to five point...
Gareth Lewis has spent the past seven years at MT Finance, guiding the specialist lender through periods of significant market turbulence and expansion.
In a...
With more borrowers falling outside traditional lending criteria, brokers need a wider range of lenders than ever before to serve a growing range of...
Afin Bank has increased the maximum loan to value on its Prime and Professional mortgages to 95%, alongside rate reductions of up to 100bps across both ranges.
The lender said the changes are aimed at supporting groups who often struggle to access mainstream lending, including...
Peter Brodnicki, co-founder and long-serving chief executive of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), has spent 25 years building one of the UK’s most successful mortgage...
The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce to the reforms introduced in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
This is not unique to land and property; every industry has...
L&G’s Mortgage Club has strengthened its green lending offering by adding Ecology Building Society to its lender panel.
The move will give the Club’s brokers access to specialist products designed for eco-friendly homebuilding and renovation, widening the options available to clients pursuing sustainable projects.
The partnership...
