First-time buyers

Accord extends 90% LTV broker-exclusive availability period

Accord Mortgages is extending its 90% LTV home purchase range, available for first-time buyers...

Accord to offer 90% homemover deals for three days

Accord Mortgages id to offer another limited release of 90% LTV products, this time...

Hep to Buy transition guide published

Accord Mortgages is offering a free to access guide to help brokers and their...

Large spike in buyers and sellers coming to market

NAEA Propertymark has revealed that the number of prospective buyers registered per estate agent branch...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils five-year JMSP deal

Newcastle Intermediaries has revised its Joint Mortgage Sole Proprietor (JMSP) range to include a...

Pandemic causing more woes for first-time buyers

Many prospective first time buyer are struggling to secure a mortgage as challenges around credit...

New first-time buyer range from TSB

TSB has launched a new product range of mortgages specifically aimed at first-time buyers...

FTB auto-enrolment pension idea “unlikely to help many”

The Ipswich Building Society has given its view on the recently floated idea of...

Accord provides 50,000th welcome box

Accord Mortgages has delivered its 50,000th welcome box, since the scheme launched under four...

Start homebuying process by 1 November to use stamp duty holiday

Legal & General Mortgage Club has warned that homeowners planning to move and benefit...

Reliance Bank launches key worker range

Reliance Bank announce the launch of a key worker mortgage product offering. One of the key...

First-time buyers: does the government have the right idea?

In recent years, government support for first-time buyers has been a ‘natural’ part of...

Aspen helps FTB leverage new build purchase

A first-time buyer requiring maximum leverage to purchase an off-plan, new-build flat in London...

Over 90% of FTBs say they need guidance

92% of first-time buyers have admired they will need guidance when purchasing a home...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

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...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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