First-time buyers

Property prioritised over pensions by young people

Almost 3.8m people aged 22-29 are saving below the recommended level for a comfortable...

Significant changes seen in first-time buyer profiles

Accord Mortgages has revealed that while in 2007, prior to the economic downturn, 46%...

Platform makes widespread fixed rate reductions

Platform has reduced interest rates across a range of mortgage products, with some mortgages...

New deal and first-time buyer campaign from the Leek United

The Leek United Building Society is launching a campaign to help prospective first-time buyers...

IMLA backs government proposals over new build leaseholds

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has welcomed changes proposed by the government to...

Three new high LTVs deals from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched three new mortgages for borrowers with small deposits. Longer-term...

The Marsden makes widespread fixed rate cuts

The Marsden Building Society has reduced fixed rate mortgages across its full product range...

Barclays extends fixed rate period of Family Springboard Mortgage

Barclays Mortgages has made changes to its Family Springboard Mortgage. Having been first introduced in...

Platform reduces Help to Buy rates

Platform has cut the interest rate of its five-year fixed rate Help to Buy mortgages...

Bank of Mum and Dad lending more than ever

Legal & General has revealed that the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) has...

The politics of the first-time buyer

Who is the party of the first-time buyer?  Is it the Conservatives who, let’s be...

Ipswich exclusive for Legal & General Mortgage Club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an exclusive residential offering for its members...

Bank of Mum and Dad works both ways

49% of millennials (23-38 year olds) have provided financial support to their parents, according to...

April first-time buyer completions up 8% year-on-year

UK Finance has published its Mortgage Trends Update for April 2019. There were 27,370 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...

Latest news

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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