First-time buyers

E.surv: first-time buyers finding their feet again

Home lending in 2016 saw its best opening quarter for nine years, according to...

March surge in first-time buyer activity

Connells Survey & Valuation has reported that in March the total number of valuations...

Kensington ups max loan ceilings

Kensington Mortgages has raised the maximum loan limits for first-time buyers and buy-to-let mortgages. ...

FTBs making common insurance mistakes

Research from The Co-operative Insurance has revealed the common insurance pitfalls first time buyers...

First-time buyer numbers remain resilient

There has been an annual 6.6% rise in the number of households purchasing their...

FTBs losing out to stampeding landlord investors

85% of estate agents reported an increase in the number of buy-to-let investors in...

Over £11k spent on rent before buying

A letting agent's study into the UK rental market has found that the average...

New five-year FTB fix from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a limited edition five-year fixed rate mortgage for first-time...

BUDGET 2016: the speech in full

Mr Deputy Speaker, Today I report on an economy set to grow faster than any...

BUDGET 2016: Lifetime ISAs introduced

The government is introducing a new Lifetime ISA for people under the age of...

Santander improves Help to Buy ISA rate

Santander’s new Help to Buy ISA rate is now available from today. The Help to Buy ISA, launched...

New chair for CML Scotland

Carol Anderson has been appointed new chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in...

Year-on-year growth across all types of lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that home-owners borrowed £8.4bn for house purchase,...

Buy-to-let ‘gained chokehold’ over first-time buyers

The proportion of buy-to-let mortgage enquiries on Comparethemarket.com grew by 4.4% to 18.2% during...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

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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Technology

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...
Appointments

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

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

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

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

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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