First-time buyers

The Ipswich unveils pair of gifted deposit deals

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced two dedicated gifted deposit products, extending its criteria...

Why things are getting worse for first-time buyers

First-time buyers might often wonder what the market is doing on any given week,...

Mortgage approvals in March up on previous month

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv shows that the Yorkshire market is the most...

Barclays changes Green Home Mortgage rates

Barclays has made changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward range products. It has also...

Rate differential between 75% and 95% LTV products grows

Average mortgage interest rates have been continuing to fall this year, but the mortgage...

Platform announces higher LTV rate cuts

Platform has cut two and five-year fixed rates on select 85 and 90% LTV...

Post Office offers new deals for FTBs & their parents

Post Office has introduced a range of new mortgages for first-time buyers and their...

The Leeds offers fee-free 95% LTV mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has added a 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage to...

Help to Buy extended in Scotland

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme will be extended beyond 2019.  From April 2019, a...

Platform unveils Help to Buy mortgage range

Platform is to offer a range of Help to Buy mortgages to broker partners from Monday,...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

18 FTBs a week being helped via equity release

Retirement Advantage has estimated that 18 first time buyers a week took a step...

FTB enthusiasm for advice doesn’t extend to home insurance

While a record number of first time buyers are using intermediaries to arrange mortgages,...
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Opinions & blogs

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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Building Societies

The Market Harborough reaches £1m community funding milestone

Market Harborough Building Society said it has committed £1 million to community causes over...
News

Accord publishes broker guide on recognising economic abuse in mortgage cases

Accord has published a new guide for mortgage brokers on how to identify and...
Case Studies

CHL completes £5m portfolio refinance as lender navigates time-sensitive case

CHL Mortgages has completed a £5 million refinance across 10 buy-to-let properties in south...
Opinions & blogs

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five...

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