First-time buyers

Covid causes huge slump in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has revealed that March saw the number of mortgage approvals...

Saffron: self-build completions up 144%

The Saffron Building Society has reported a 144% increase in its self-build completions compared...

IMLA: first-time buyers key to economic recovery

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is calling on the government to assess the...

Majority embarrassed to ask family for financial help

A new survey* conducted by Hodge has found that 56% of people are embarrassed...

Call for urgent stamp duty holiday

The property law firm Collyer Bristow has echoed the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors'...

Covid-19: two-thirds of 75% LTV products withdrawn

AmTrust’s latest Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker has shown a major drop in...

BUDGET: more cash for affordable homes fund

The government announced plans in the Budget to invest a further £9.5 billion in...

First annual fall in gross mortgage lending for a decade

2019 saw the first annual fall in gross mortgage lending since 2010, UK Finance...

Vida Homeloans cuts rates by up to 65bps

Vida Homeloans has made a number of spring rate cuts. The reductions apply to the...

TSB backs Scottish government’s First Home Fund pilot

TSB in now offering mortgages to first-time buyers as part of the Scottish government’s...

The Ipswich unveils new five-year fixes

The Ipswich Building Society has launched three five year fixed rate products. Two of the...

IMLA outlines its housing priorities for Budget

IMLA wants the government to apply a ‘big thinking’ approach to housing in its...

The Leeds cuts 95% LTV rate

The Leeds Building Society has made a 0.40 percentage point rate reduction on its...

Homeowners can be 18% better off per month than renters

Renters are paying up to 18% more each month than those who own their...
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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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