First-time buyers

The Teachers introduces saving account for prospective FTBs

The Teachers Building Society has launched a new home saver account designed exclusively for teachers....

The Buckinghamshire scraps fees for FTBs

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has removed the product fee and the application fee from...

The stamp duty conundrum

I’ve often thought that if stamp duty land tax didn’t exist, those within industry/economic/regulatory/political...

Average deposit doubles in a decade to £33,339

The number of first-time buyers is estimated to have totalled 359,000 in 2017, while those...

New First Start rates from Bank of Ireland UK

Bank of Ireland UK has just launched a new product range with First Start...

M&S Bank unveils first mortgage range

M&S Bank has launched its first mortgage range, with fixed and tracker options available...

Record high for rental stock

ARLA Propertymark has revealed that in December, the number of properties letting agents managed...

Nearly half of London new homes aren’t built

46% of new homes given planning permission in the capital are not being built,...

Was the stamp duty change a red herring?

We may not have any 2018 data to currently work with, but judging by...

UK Finance: housing market activity remains buoyant

UK’s Finance has reported steady increases in mortgage lending for first-time-buyers and home movers...

Landbay unveils landlord product for first time buyers

Landbay is extending its lending criteria to now include first time landlords who do...

Generation Z in the dark over home-owning

Research from Halifax has revealed a disjointed picture of home ownership among young people...

FTBs responsible for 81% of Help to Buy equity loans

Over the period since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme...

Parents expect offspring to move back home to save for own home

Online mortgage broker Habito has found that parents are going to extreme lengths in order to...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

TMG adds Gable Mortgages to lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Gable Mortgages to its lender panel, giving member firms...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

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