First-time buyers

Slight uptick in residential mortgages approvals: e.surv

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor have revealed that there were 65,997 residential mortgages approved during...

FTB completions at highest monthly level since August 2007

UK Finance has revealed that there were 35,010 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

New Help to Buy deals from Vida Homeloans

Vida Homeloans has refreshed its Help to Buy products. These updates follow the launch of...

The Vernon offers mortgage to support students buy property

The Vernon Building Society has launched the Buy for Uni mortgage to support students...

Habito unveils home-financing service for first-time buyers

Habito is introducing ‘Habito Go’, a new home-financing service which aims to provide first-time-buyers...

The Leeds cuts 90% LTV rate

Leeds Building Society is reducing its five-year fixed rate 90% loan to value (LTV)...

We’ve reached the tipping point with Stamp Duty

It will perhaps surprise no-one working in our industry to learn that the tax...

The Saffron unveils joint borrower sole proprietor mortgage

The Saffron Building Society is offering first-time buyers a new joint borrower sole proprietor...

New research into reliance on Bank of Mum & Dad

61% of first time buyers who bought their first property ladder in the last...

Brokers continue to be key for first-time buyers

81% of first-time buyers say they had a good experience with their broker, and...

Strong first year in new build and Help to Buy for Accord

Since launching its new build and Help to Buy proposition in September 2018, Accord...

New Precise Help to Buy exclusive for PMS and Sesame advisers

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have unveiled a new Help to Buy exclusive...

Accord cuts Help to Buy rates

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates on its Help to Buy product range. The changes include...

The Nationwide cuts 90% LTV rates

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing rates on selected two, three and five-year fixed...

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...

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...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Latest news

Fintel chair and TMG chief rescue Rotherham United Women

Rotherham United Women Football Club has been rescued from the brink of extinction after...

Just Mortgages hires new area director for self-employed division

Just Mortgages has appointed Claire Jopson as area director within its self-employed division, with...

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...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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