First-time buyers

New residential deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range, reducing selected 85% and 90%...

Average London FTB house price over £300k

The number of first-time buyer sales in August grew by over a quarter compared...

BBA: largest increase in borrowing for five years

Gross mortgage borrowing in August was £12.2 billion, according to the British Bankers' Association...

NAEA: market reaching “crisis point”

Last month saw an 11-year low in the number of properties available to buy...

RICS sets out ideas to tackle UK housing crisis

Nearly three million homes could be released into the housing market if better incentives and...

Lack of supply behind new house price record

Rightmove's house price index for September has revealed that the price of property coming...

TSB unveils rate changes

TSB has made rate changes to its homemover and first time buyer mortgages and...

Over three years needed for typical FTB deposit

New research from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks suggests that almost 40% of first time buyers...

9m doubt they’ll ever afford to buy a property

The latest Post Office Money Mortgages survey has found that there 20 million people currently...

Help to Buy rate cut from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has cut the rate of its Help to Buy mortgages. The mutual...

FSE London: home mover activity will improve

The borrower group which has been hit hardest over the past few years by...

Highest monthly FTB lending levels since August 2007

House purchase lending in the UK saw its third consecutive month-on-month growth by volume...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made to its residential mortgage range, including adding a a new intermediary...

New 95% deals from the Nationwide

Nationwide has unveiled £1 billion of additional lending over the next year for house...

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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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