First-time buyers

Halifax unveils new mortgage cashback offer

First-time buyers are being offered £500 by Halifax. The offer is also available to homemovers,...

New 95% LTV rates from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has today cut the interest rates on six 95%...

8% fall in homeowner loans

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that homeowners borrowed £10.5bn for house purchase...

CML examines how govt housing schemes fit together

The current patchwork of eight government housing schemes succeeds in reaching a broad variety...

Newcastle Intermediaries moves into Help to Buy

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched Help to Buy: Equity Loan products for the first time. This includes both...

London unaffordable for Generation Rent

Couples who are renting and wanting to start a family in London would need...

NAEA: housing market “bouncing back”

In October, 32% of total sales made were to first-time buyers – a 9% rise...

Ensuring the circle is squared

When Philip Hammond thanked George Osborne in his first (and last) Autumn Statement address,...

Autumn Statement 2016: house-building investment announced

The chancellor announced initiatives to stimulate house-building in the Autumn Statement. Philip Hammond said: "In October, my Right Honourable...

NatWest IS unveils 95% LTV Help to Buy replacements

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching two new 95% LTV purchase mortgages that will replace the...

Sharp rise in lending at the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has published its interim results for the first six months...

TSB cuts two-year rates

TSB Bank has cut two-year fixed and two-year tracker mortgage rates for home movers,...

Accord provides further FTB cashback

Accord Mortgages is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a...

CML: “patchwork” of govt home-ownership schemes

The eight current government housing schemes are reaching a broad variety of would-be home-owning households...
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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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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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