First-time buyers

Halifax Intermediaries unveils grand cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries is offering first-time buyers and homemovers £1000 cashback on qualifying mortgages. The...

Cost of buying and moving home to continue to rise

The combined ‘additional costs’ of moving home, such as estate agent fees and conveyancing costs,...

FTBs facing relationship strain and stress

Aldermore’s latest quarterly First Time Buyer Index has found that the process of buying a first...

New Family Assist products from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a range of Family Assist mortgage products featuring £1,000 cashback...

Rise in importance of the Bank of Mum and Dad

The 'bank of Mum and Dad' will lend over £6.5 billion in 2017, up...

IMLA predicts 6% market growth this year

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) believes this year the mortgage market will achieve the highest...

FTB sales rose slightly in March

March saw the number of properties available to buy on estate agents’ books fall to...

Nationwide makes cuts to fixed and tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on certain two and five-year fixed and two-year tracker...

Increase in popularity of early inheritances

New research from Key Retirement has revealed that parents want to give away an...

10% deposit borrowers struggling to secure deals

35% of would-be first-time buyers saw house deals fall through in the past year...

New buy-to-let rates from Santander

Tomorrow (26 April) Santander is launching a range of new buy-to-let remortgages. The bank will be...

Most unaffordable local authorities revealed

Prospective homeowners in some parts of the country would need to save for 27 years before...

Relatives behind half of FTB deposits

Over half of first time buyers are reliant upon family money to raise the deposit...

Fixed and tracker rate cuts from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on selected two and five-year fixed and...
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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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