First-time buyers

BoE reports strong lending start to 2016

Latest statistics from the Bank of England show the number of loan approvals for house...

New low for housing supply

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has warned that supply of available housing...

Hometrack: sales volumes fell in 2015

Hometrack has reported that house prices are rising but sales volumes have fallen in...

L&G to produce factory manufactured houses

A new Legal & General Capital (LGC) business has been launched to operate in the modular...

PPI charge cuts Lloyds profits

Lloyds Banking Group has reported pre-tax profits of £1.64bn for 2015, 7% lower than...

The Yorkshire posts record operating profit

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported gross lending of £6.9bn (2014: £7.6bn) and net...

N. Ireland lending highest level since mid-2007

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that lending in Northern Ireland for house...

Continued lending growth in Wales

Latest Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) data has shown that lending in Wales for...

8% rise in first-time buyers in Scotland

Annual home-owner house purchase lending in Scotland in 2015 totalled 64,800 loans, up 9%...

2015 fall in London house purchase lending

House purchase lending in London fell in 2015 in comparison with the previous year,...

Sesame and PMS offering 95% LTV Leeds exclusive

Sesame and PMS have launched an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

The Bath unveils room renting FTB proposition

The Bath Building Society has launched 'Rent a Room' mortgages. The product allows an individual...

FTBs still better off buying than renting

UK first-time buyers are on average 10% (£865) a year better off with their...

1.6m homes to be worth £1m+ by 2030

A new report from Santander Mortgages forecasts that the number of UK properties worth at least...
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Trump’s crazy tariffs could actually be good news for UK landlords

In an unexpected twist, Donald Trump’s return to the global stage with a fresh wave of tariffs could end up doing UK landlords a...

The business case for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the daily news agenda for a couple of years now and there are tremendous opportunities for the...

Rise of AI: from virtual assistants to strategic value

Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries. It’s streamlining operations, creating new possibilities. The shift is no longer theoretical, even in the mortgage industry; it’s now...

Imposter syndrome & anxiety: how nutrition and lifestyle can help

Have you ever felt like a fraud, despite your achievements? Like you don’t truly deserve your success, and at any moment, someone will find...

Don’t knock 100% mortgages – they’re viable and necessary

I’ve read a lot of commentary over the past few weeks on the return of 100% mortgages – most of it filled with doom-laden...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...
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Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...
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Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...
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Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...

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