First-time buyers

The Leeds cuts first-time buyer rates

The Leeds Building Society is making a range of rate reductions on high loan...

The Mortgage Lender moves into Help to Buy market

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first range of Help to Buy mortgages for...

12-year high for first-time buyer numbers

UK Finance has revealed that there were 370,000 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Rise in number of loans to small deposit borrowers

There were 66,350 mortgages approved in January 2019, according to seasonally adjusted figures from E.surv. The...

Broker market share will increase in 2019: IMLA

IMLA has predicted that total gross mortgage lending, loans for house purchase and remortgaging...

First-time buyers stop ‘chasing the market’

Gatehouse Bank has reported that there has been a collapse in the appetite of first-time...

Nationwide reports sharp rise in net mortgage lending

In its latest interim statement, the Nationwide Building Society has reported a rise in...

Oxford is the UK’s least affordable city

Lloyds Bank has found that city house prices in the UK have outpaced earnings...

Barclays’ Green Home Mortgage adds eight house-builders

Barclays Mortgages has made changes to a number of products within its 95% LTV (including...

No FTB deposit required with new Lloyds mortgage

The new Lloyds Bank Lend a Hand mortgage removes the need for a deposit...

New higher LTV deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has reduced rates on selected high loan to value (LTV) fixed rate...

Platform cuts rates on all 95% LTV deals

Platform has reduced interest rates on all 95% LTV mortgages by up to 0.10...

Accord Mortgages increases maximum LTV

Accord Mortgages is extending its remortgaging options up to 95% LTV. From tomorrow (22 January)...

November rise in first-time buyer numbers

UK Finance has reported that there were 36,200 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...
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COMMENT

funding

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...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

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Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...
Building Societies

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...
News

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...
News

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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