First-time buyers

Self-employed make major life changes in bid for property ownership

Online mortgage broker Trussle has reported that 38% self-employed borrowers are making what it...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts five-year 95% LTV mortgages

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year 95% LTV mortgages by up to...

Millennials are less job mobile

New research has found that higher rents are reducing the financial gains from moving...

Mortgage market unaffected by slowdown in property sector

The latest Mortgage Monitor from E.surv found that there were 65,801 residential mortgages approved...

Homeownership a pipedream for half of employees

47% of non-homeowning employees in the UK don’t believe they will ever be able...

Barclays to cut Scotland Help to Buy rates

Barclays Mortgages is making changes to its Scotland Help to Buy products on 31 May. As...

Application-offer conversions at three-year high

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has reported that mortgage brokers saw more loan...

58% changed spending habits to help buy their first home

Research from MoneySuperMarket has revealed that 58% of British homeowners made tactical changes to their spending...

March saw year-on-year decrease in first-time buyers

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for March 2019  has revealed that there were 28,800...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts joint mortgage sole proprietor rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its joint mortgage sole proprietor range by up...

The Beverley joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has revealed that the Beverley Building Society has joined its panel of...

The West Brom ups 95% LTV maximum loan size

The West Bromwich Building Society has increased the maximum loan size it will offer...

April house price growth remained weak: Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that UK house price growth remained subdued in...

Deposit requirements still hampering first-time buyers

Looking at the recent stats from HMRC, many in the market might be surprised...

COMMENT

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

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...

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...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

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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