First-time buyers

Time for big ‘gesture politics’ to aid first-time buyers

The plight of first-time buyers is never far out of the news, and just...

Bank of Mum & Dad ‘feeling the pinch’

Research by Legal & General and Cebr has found that nearly one in five...

M&S Bank adds 95% LTV and 35-year term products

M&S Bank has extended its maximum loan to value to 95% on three new...

81% of total Help to Buy equity loans to first-time buyers

Latest MHCLG Help to Buy statistics show that oer the period since the launch...

Year-on-year declines in first-time buyer and homemover activity

UK Finance has reported that there were 34,900 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Vida offers brokers chance to help their local community

Vida Homeloans is marking the launch of its Helping Hand mortgage, the first Joint...

Plans to move home fall 25% following Bank Rate rise

The proportion of British adults planning a house move in the next six months...

First time buyers ‘sacrificing health, relationships and careers’

Aldermore's latest First Time Buyer Index research has found that first time homeowners are feeling increasingly...

First-time buyer numbers reach highest for a decade

First-time buyers have seen a 21% rise in property prices over the last ten...

First-time buyer uncertainty over stamp duty changes

31% of first-time buyers don’t know if the stamp duty abolition will benefit them...

CPRE fears ‘strategic shrinking’ of the Green Belt

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has wanted that the Green Belt is under...

Stamp duty cut “saved £284 million”

The Treasury has claimed that over the next five years, the cut in stamp...

The Skipton urges Lifetime ISA reprieve

The Skipton Building Society has called on the government to ignore the Treasury Select...

Improvement in first-time buyer product choice

The latest findings from the quarterly AmTrust Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker show...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...

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