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The Nationwide slashes Save to Buy rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut all of its 95% LTV Save to Buy...

CML: fall in home purchase lending

House purchase lending to home-buyers fell month-on-month in November totalling 55,600 loans, according to...

New mortgage lender launches

Pepper UK Limited has launched mortgage lender Pepper Homeloans into the UK market. A...

The Leeds backs Scottish HTB scheme

The Leeds Building Society has signalled its support for the Scottish Government’s new HTB...

Barclays unveils new FTB and HTB rates

Barclays has made a number of mortgage rate cuts for first time buyers and...

Halifax offers new deals and interest rebate

Halifax is offering homemovers and first-time buyers two months' interest back on their mortgage. The...

Government reveals latest Help to Buy stats

Over 73,000 homes have been bought under the government’s Help to Buy schemes. Latest figures...

IMLA calls for a coherent housing strategy

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has called for a root and branch review...

50% rise in first-time buyers in the past two years

The number of first-time buyers rose by 22% in 2014, according to the annual...

Transactions fall to same level as last November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.9 billion...

Aldermore celebrates Help to Buy anniversary

Aldermore has issued some revealing statistics about its Help to Buy customers, as it...

Rate cuts from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three high LTV...

Majority earned less than the average home over past year

The average house in the UK earned more than the average worker in the...

CML: positive direction of travel for mortgage market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has confirmed that gross mortgage lending reached £18.6...
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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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National recruitment firm specialising in conveyancing launches

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Bigger homes driving house price growth as flats lag behind

Demand for larger homes has driven growth in UK property prices over the past...
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West One Loans passes major development finance lending mark

West One Loans has reached the milestone of £1 billion of lending within the...

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