First-time buyers

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...

CML: home buying up slightly

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in February, home buyers borrowed...

Home moving being blocked by finance issues

11% of mortgage customers - equivalent to around 1.2 million homeowners - have given...

Sainsbury’s Bank unveils mortgage offering

Sainsbury’s Bank is launching residential home purchase mortgages and remortgages for first time buyers,...

House price growth continues to slow

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months to March were 0.1%...

New 90% deals from Metro Bank

Metro Bank has introduced a new 90% LTV range, available to first-time buyers, movers and remortgage...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves specialist deals

Saffron For Intermediaries has cut rates and extended the term on several of its mortgages...

Brokers “doing great job” sourcing mortgages

New research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that brokers are...

Research reveals sacrifices needed to buy a home

Tesco Bank has published the results of its first UK Home Buyers’ Survey. The...

10-year peak for agreed house sales

The number of property sales agreed in February hit a 10-year high, NAEA Propertymark has...
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COMMENT

funding

ABS 2026 review: Economic factors stemming growth

As the Global ABS conference ended there was no doubt that it was a huge success, with official numbers being confirmed at 5,500 attendees,...

Government support is fundamental to market growth

We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...

Bridging is a natural fit for a Shariah-compliant bridging provider

The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...

Why relationships are becoming the mortgage industry’s most valuable asset

Information has never been more accessible, yet confidence in financial services remains relatively low. As technology continues to reshape the market, the value of...

Before brokers invest in AI, they need to ask the right questions

AI has moved quickly from industry talking point to commercial priority. For mortgage brokers, the question is no longer whether AI matters. It is...

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News

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates by 15bps across full range

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Prime mortgage range by 15bps, with changes...
Building Societies

The Dudley cuts rates across residential, buy-to-let and expat ranges

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its residential, buy-to-let and expat mortgage products,...
News

Stamp Duty burden soars as tax threshold remains frozen at 2006 level

The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since...
News

Gatehouse launches limited-edition HPPs and cuts selected BTL rates

Gatehouse Bank has introduced a range of limited-edition Home Purchase Plan and buy-to-let products...

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