First-time buyers

New 95% deals from the Nationwide

Nationwide has unveiled £1 billion of additional lending over the next year for house...

Third consecutive month of growth in approvals

There was an 18-month high in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchase,...

Gross advances and new commitments on the rise

The overall value of the residential loan amounts outstanding was £1,272 billion in the...

New Welcome deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its mortgage range. It now includes new versions of...

Unexpected £3.6bn repair bill for homebuyers

E.surv research has suggested that homebuyers who failed to fully investigate the state of...

New deals from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

The Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched new lower mortgage rates. The new deals include...

Hinckley & Rugby cuts mortgage rates

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on fixed rate mortgages...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has cut three high LTV products in its range as it seeks to continue to support...

4% fall in monthly property transactions

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for July 2015 was 100,720 residential...

Borrowers seeking 30+ year mortgages

Growing numbers of homebuyers are looking for mortgage terms of over 30 years to...

Saffron unveils limited edition FTB fix

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage for first time...

CML: uptick in remortgage activity among home-owners

First-time buyers saw a large month-on-month increase in activity in June compared to May,...

Smaller deposits succeeding in securing mortgages

New research from the Nottingham Building Society reveals thats the average homebuyer over the...

Average homemover deposit now nearly £90k

Around 155,000 people moved home in the first six months of 2015, according to...

COMMENT

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Musculoskeletal conditions account for growing share of Cirencester Friendly claims

Musculoskeletal conditions made up 44% of all claims paid by Cirencester Friendly in 2025,...

Key urges wider later life lending referrals in response to FCA market study

Key Equity Release has welcomed the FCA’s later life mortgage market study, arguing that...

Mortgage Brain sets out AI governance framework amid data security concerns

Mortgage Brain has launched an AI charter aimed at addressing growing concerns over data...

VAS appoints head of IT and business systems

Valuation panel management firm VAS has appointed Lewis Birdsworth as head of IT and...

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