First-time buyers

Record gross mortgage lending for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reported that its overall gross residential mortgage lending for 2016 of...

L&G outlines LIVE club event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its sixth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

New Help to Buy deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has reported continued strong demand for Help to Buy Equity loan...

London FTB borrowing down 7% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in the fourth quarter of...

Buyers in the South East have most viewings

Your Move has revealed that revealed that 41% of UK homeowners viewed six or more properties...

Bank of Ireland launches 95% LTV range

Bank of Ireland UK has unveiled a new range of 95% loan to value (LTV)...

Strong end to the year for mortgage market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that homeowner house purchase lending totalled...

Barclays unveils stamp duty cashback proposition

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Homebuyer Cashback mortgage, designed to help first time buyers or homemovers...

Sharp rise in 95% LTV lending at the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported that demand for its 95% LTV home loans was 91%...

Let’s focus on the White Paper positives

Say what you like about the contents of the Housing White Paper published earlier...

CML welcomes housing white paper

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the publication of the housing white...

Two generations now working to help FTBs

Key Partnerships has found that parents and grandparents are increasingly working together to help first-time...

Rate cuts and hikes at TSB

TSB has revised interest rates on selected mortgages for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage...

The Monmouthshire unveils new FTB deals

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched two new mortgage products aimed at first-time buyers. The Society has...
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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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Building Societies

The Monmouthshire gives more than £10k to flood-hit local community

Monmouthshire Building Society has donated more than £10,000 to residents, sports clubs and businesses...
Buy-to-let

Rent growth slows as house prices edge higher, with Middle East tensions clouding outlook

Private rent inflation eased again in March while UK house prices rose modestly in...
Appointments

Gen H expands broker sales team with three BDM hires and internal promotion

Gen H has expanded its broker sales team with three new business development managers...
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Detached homes dominate new lifetime mortgage lending in early 2026

Owners of detached properties accounted for more than four in 10 new lifetime mortgages...

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