First-time buyers

The Marsden unveils Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor range

The Marsden Building Society has expanded its existing range of lending solutions for first-time...

First-time buyer growth continues

Latest data from UK Finance shows there were 24,880 new first-time buyer mortgages completed...

The Saffron unveils family support mortgage aimed at FTBs

The Saffron Building Society has launched a ‘Family Support’ mortgage with new options for...

Mortgage costs rise for first-time buyers

There has been a near £10,000 increase in the cost of the average first-time...

PMS and Sesame offer exclusive Skipton 95% LTV deal

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched an exclusive five year fixed rate...

Newcastle Intermediaries extends new build offer period

Newcastle Intermediaries is extending its new build offer validity period from six to nine...

The Mansfield unveils 95% shared ownership deals

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced new two and five-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Precise Mortgages expands its Help to Buy proposition

Precise Mortgages has extended its Help to Buy range to include Help to Buy Scotland...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts rates at 95% LTV

Newcastle Intermediaries has cut its 95% LTV range by up to 0.27 percentage points....

Platform cuts 95% LTV rates

Platform is cutting interest rates on its 95% LTV mortgage range by up to 0.15...

NatWest cuts residential and BTL rates

NatWest has made rate cuts on selected core and semi-exclusive residential and buy-to-let products. These...

New Right to Buy deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched new two year fixed rate Right to Buy...

Accord presents its 30,000th ‘welcome box’

Accord Mortgages has presented its 30,000th welcome box - the complimentary hamper sent on...

Brexit “has taken one million homes off the market”

33% of homeowners, who’ve moved house since 2016, say their decision was due to...
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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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