First-time buyers

88,000 helped by Help to Buy

Since the launch of the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes...

No parental support for nearly half of FTBs

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that nearly half of first-time buyers...

IMLA: find a permanent replacement for Help to Buy 2

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that failing to replace the Help...

HTB1 accounts for nearly one in four housing completions

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme (HTB1) helped to avert a 5% drop...

Genworth partners with the Leek United BS

Staffordshire-based Leek United Building Society is joining forces with Genworth, the provider of mortgage...

Halifax cuts FTB and homeowner mortgage rates

Halifax has increased the maximum loan amounts across its Affordable Housing and New Build...

The Nationwide to launch 2.89% 10-year fix

The Nationwide Building Society is to unveil tomorrow (4 March) the lowest 10-year fixed...

Starter Home Scheme viability questioned

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has questioned whether the Conservative Party's Starter Home Scheme will...

Pension reforms could cripple FTBs, warns friendly society

Savings and ISA provider Scottish Friendly has warned would-be first-time buyers that they have...

Lloyds offers up to £1,000 cashback to homemovers

Lloyds Bank will now refund one month’s standard mortgage payment for qualifying homemovers, up...

HSBC unveils 90% LTV deal at 1.99%

HSBC has launched its lowest ever 90% LTV mortgage rate.   Borrowers with a 10% deposit will...

Dividends to return following LBG’s £1.8bn profit

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has posted pre-tax profits of £1.8bn. It provided £11.9 billion of...

NatWest IS to make widespread rate cuts

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making rate reductions across the vast majority of its residential mortgage range...

The Yorkshire cuts rate on first-time buyer deal

The Yorkshire Building Society is cutting rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgage at...
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