First-time buyers

It takes two FTBs… to buy a property

Latest research from the Nottingham Building Society shows 63% of first-time buyers bought as...

Virgin Money unveils HTB London deals

Virgin Money has launched a new range of Help to Buy Equity Loan products...

Two-year high for FTBs

First-time buyer activity has reached a two-year high, according to the latest First-Time Buyer Tracker...

Estate agents unsurprised by fall in demand

Estate agents have reported a significant fall in demand for housing in April, with the number...

New Help to Buy Scotland deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new range of Help to Buy Equity Loan products...

41% rise in London house purchases

Homebuyers in London borrowed £7.1bn for house purchase in the first quarter of 2016,...

Marginal annual growth in Scottish mortgage lending

Homeowners in Scotland borrowed £1.8bn for house purchase in Q1 2016, down 22% quarter-on-quarter...

Wales reports best first quarter for lending since 2007

Homeowners in Wales borrowed £850m for house purchase during the first three months of...

26% year-on-year increase in N. Ireland house purchases

During the first quarter of 2016, homeowners in Northern Ireland borrowed £340m for house...

20% rise in Nationwide’s gross mortgage lending

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that its gross mortgage advances reached £32.6 billion,...

Gap between 65% and 90% LTV rates narrows

The divide between mortgage rates for borrowers with 10% deposits and 35% deposits is at...

CML publishes BTL-skewed March figures

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £13.8bn for house...

FTBs want to complete before Brexit vote

13% of mortgage and remortgage customers are trying to speed up applications so they...

BTL rush stretching first-time buyer affordability

Rightmove has reported a small rise of 0.4% (+£1,118) in price of property coming...

COMMENT

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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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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