First-time buyers

Importance of parental property wealth revealed

A new report published by the Resolution Foundation has concluded that young people whose...

Help to Buy approvals continue to grow year-on-year

Official figures published today reveal that over the period since the launch of the...

Extend Help to Buy ISA, urges Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is calling on the government to extend access to the...

£426m saved in first year of First Time Buyers Relief

More than 180,500 first time buyers have kept the money they would have spent...

FTBs “exploring every available route to get on the ladder”

A survey from the Nottingham Building Society of people looking to buy their first home...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced its rates on a selection of two and five year...

Growth in number of approvals to small deposit borrowers

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market last month. The...

Remortgaging levels out

UK Finance has revealed that there were 29,400 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

The Marsden Building Society issues Family Step guide

The Marsden Building Society have published an intermediary overview of its Family Step mortgage...

Accord offers £1k cashback for high LTV borrowers

Accord Mortgages has increased cashback to £1,000 for borrowers at 90% and 95% loan...

The Nationwide cuts rates at 95% LTV

The Nationwide Building Society has cut selected fixed and tracker mortgage rates at 95%...

The Leeds supports shared ownership stamp duty cut

The Budget’s Stamp Duty cut for shared ownership first time buyers has been welcomed...

BUDGET 2018: Help to Buy extended

The government announced in yesterday’s Budget that Help to Buy will be extended until...

Prospective first time buyers want empty homes addressed in the Budget

34% of people looking to buy their first home want the government to introduce...
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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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News

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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