First-time buyers

The Buckinghamshire enhances Family Assist range

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its Family Assist product range to include discount...

Progressive BS joins Knowledge Bank

The Progressive Building Society has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

The Ipswich to pull 90% LTV 2.79% discount deal

The Ipswich Building Society is to withdraw its 90% LTV 2.79% discount mortgage for...

YBS unveils 90% first-time buyer deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has reintroduced 90% loan to value (LTV) products exclusively for...

Platform relaunches 90% LTV offering

From Monday 29 June, Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, will offer...

Help to Buy back and LTVs up to 85% at Platform

Platform is reintroducing its Help to Buy mortgage range and also making mortgages of...

FHL ups LTVs and adds new five-year deals

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential loan to value (LTV) from 75%...

Nationwide to cut maximum LTVs

The Nationwide Building Society is lowering the maximum loan to value (LTV) amount that...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV with FTB exclusives

Accord Mortgages is to offer 90% loan to value (LTV) products from 9am on...

Coventry for Intermediaries launches limited tranche of 90% LTV products

Coventry for intermediaries is introducing a limited tranche of business at 90% LTV. The provider...

The Ipswich withdraws 90% LTV products

Citing "unprecedented demand", the Ipswich Building Society is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV two...

Coventry for Intermediaries to launch 90% LTV deals

Coventry for intermediaries has stated that it will introduce two five-year fixed 90% LTV...

Virgin Money becomes latest lender to withdraw 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV purchase, remortgage and new build products. It said...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

COMMENT

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

A week of progress and reassurance

The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Latest news

Skipton BS cuts residential mortgage rates across fixed range

Skipton Building Society has reduced rates across its residential fixed-rate mortgage range and launched...

Yorkshire BS members save millions through commission-free insurance offer

Yorkshire Building Society says its commission-free insurance proposition has helped members save more than...

Confidence in household finances falls as more families fear impact of unexpected shocks

Nearly a third of UK adults are not confident their household could withstand an...

Landbay cuts Premier buy-to-let rates again as five-year fixes down 17bps

Landbay has reduced rates across its Premier buy-to-let range for the second time this...

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