First-time buyers

Nationwide cuts fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on a number of two, three and...

Accord cuts rates and adds new three-year deal

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates at most loan to values (LTVs) and introducing a...

Aldermore unveils its lowest ever remortgage-only deal

Aldermore has launched a limited edition residential remortgage-only range. The lender has introduced its lowest...

Total stamp duty bill for London homebuyers tops £40,000

Lloyds Bank has established that homeowners spend an average £12,693 in total on stamp...

Citizens Advice: replace SVR with ‘expired rate’

Citizens Advice has claimed that mortgage customers who don’t remortgage after their fixed term...

The Yorkshire Building Society makes rate cuts for FTBs

The Yorkshire Building Society has moved to support first-time buyers by reducing its 95%...

70 is age of financial freedom for Millennials

While true financial freedom has likely already arrived for those born on or before...

The Skipton cuts Help to Buy rates

The Skipton Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.69 percentage points on...

New Family Mortgage options from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has launched new Family Mortgage options designed to help families...

Better energy costings could improve mortgage affordability

A new report has concluded that more accurate assessments of home energy bills by...

True 95% LTV product availability continues to fall

The latest AmTrust Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker has found that mortgage pricing...

The Loughborough unveils FTB family deposit deal

The Loughborough Building Society has launched its First Time Buyer Family Deposit mortgage. Aimed at...

Help to Buy hitting London FTBs

An estate agent has warned the the London housing market is being badly distorted...

Millennials look to be smart with their mortgages

92% of 18-34 year olds have a repayment mortgage deal, according to research from...
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Opinions & blogs

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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Compliance

SortRefer marks 17 years with record month for instructions and completions

SortRefer has marked its 17th anniversary after reporting its strongest monthly performance to date...
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The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
Appointments

Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...

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