First-time buyers

Prime time for first-time buyers

With the football season now well under way, and the transfer window firmly closed,...

First-time buyers remain dominant in driving housing activity

Lloyds Bank has reported that the number of people moving home increased for the...

First-time buyer numbers close to pre-crash levels

The Yorkshire Building Society has calculated that the number of people buying their first...

Small fall in first-time buyer mortgages in June

UK Finance has reported that there were 32,760 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Accord improves 95% LTV offering

Accord has increased the cashback offered on its range of 95% loan to value...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils 95% LTV deal at 2.90%

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a 95% LTV mortgage at 2.90% and refreshed end dates...

Vida Homeloans unveils new Help to Buy range

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new range of Help to Buy specialist mortgage products...

Intervention needed to keep homeownership dream alive

Santander Mortgages has warned that the dream of homeownership for middle-income Britain, individual buyers...

NAEA: housing market “still stronger than expected”

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has reported that the number of house...

AmTrust sees large increase in deposits and loans required by FTBs

AmTrust has reported that there has been a significant increase in the cost of...

FTBs in the South East most stretched in country, despite higher salaries

Homeowners in the North of England are 'the best-off in Britain', with more disposable...

What could a Johnson premiership mean for the housing market?

You get the sense that – however long the Boris Johnson Premiership might last...

PMS and Sesame offer two Help to Buy Kensington exclusives

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched two new Help to Buy exclusives...

First-time buyer confidence remains high

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for May 2019 has revealed that there were 30,720 new...
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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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