First-time buyers

West One offers second charges for family assisted purchases

West One has today launched a new second charge mortgage range aimed at the...

New FTB and homemover products from TSB

TSB Bank has unveiled new 85-90% LTV products in its first-time buyer and home...

TMA Club partners with the Loughborough

TMA Club has outlined details of its new partnership with the Loughborough Building Society. Directly...

Pepper Money completes ‘adverse’ FTB mortgage in 16 days

epper Money has completed a purchase mortgage for first-time buyers with missed credit payments...

Estate agents see record October demand

In October, the average number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch reached...

Platform to offer £1k cashback on higher LTVs

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of The Co-operative Bank, is launching products which will...

Nationwide to expand 90% LTV beyond first-time buyers

From the second week of December, the Nationwide Building Society will be making 90%...

TSB offers cashback product to first-time buyers

TSB has launched a new five-year product in its first-time buyer mortgage range. It is...

90% deals from YBS

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a new range of mortgages for borrowers with...

First-time buyer affordability gap stands at 11%

The 'affordability gap' for first-time buyers fell to a record low of 11% last...

Accord back to offering 90% LTV mortgages more consistently

Tomorrow (18 November) Accord Mortgages will reintroduce a selection of 90% LTV products into...

Platform resumes 90% LTV lending

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, is reintroducing five year fixed...

Affordability analysis could mean a bigger home

The latest MBT Affordability Index from Mortgage Broker Tools has found that the average...

MCI expands lender panel with mutual appointment

MCI mortgage club has added the Buckinghamshire Building Society to its panel. The club said...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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