First-time buyers

Halifax unveils Help to Buy ISA plans

Halifax has revealed that its Help to Buy ISA will offer a rate of...

First Direct produces demystifying videos

Research conducted by First Direct has found that 66% of first-time buyers don’t know...

New HTB and shared ownership deals from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has unveiled new Help to Buy and shared ownership fixed...

Slowdown in first-time buyer completions

The latest First-time Buyer Tracker from Your Move & Reeds Rains has reported taht...

Autumn Statement & Spending Review: buy-to-let

George Osborne has announced that higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) will...

Autumn Statement & Spending Review: London housing market

The government has announced that it will extend the Help to Buy: Equity Loan...

Autumn Statement & Spending Review: Help to Buy

In today's Spending Review, the Chancellor announced 135,000 Help to Buy: Shared Ownership homes...

Autumn Statement & Spending Review: starter homes

200,000 Starter Homes which will be sold at a 20% discount compared to market...

Autumn Statement & Spending Review: speech in full

Mr Speaker, this Spending Review delivers on the commitment we made to the British...

Aldermore outlines Help to Buy ISA plans

Aldermore has revealed it will launch a Help to Buy: ISA on 1 December...

Accord cuts rates in 90% LTV range

Accord Mortgages has cut its residential rates by up to 0.30 percentage points across...

Coventry for Intermediaries reduces 90% LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut interest rates across its range of residential mortgages at 90%...

House prices up 6.1% year-on-year

UK house prices increased by 6.1% in the year to September 2015, up from...

Rightmove: indications of higher house prices in 2016

Rightmove has reported the smallest drop since 2011 in new seller asking prices (-1.3%)...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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