First-time buyers

Young wannabe FTBs willing to sacrifice

36% of non-homeowners aged 18-34 would like to get on the property ladder in...

New deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. The new products will be...

Sharp rise in purchase mortgage approvals

The number of mortgages for house purchase in December was the highest monthly total...

30% year-on-year increase in FTB completions

The latest First Time Buyer Opinion Barometer from LSL Property Services has found that...

New 95% LTV fixes from the Nationwide

Nationwide Building Society is launching two new two-year fixed rates at 95% loan to...

Rate cut for Connells’ 95% LTV exclusive

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rate on the 95%...

The H&R slashes rate on 95% LTV deal

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its 95% Loan...

Large rise in mortgage market confidence

Confidence about the mortgage market’s prospects has significantly increased in the last six months...

November lending more muted than previous month

The total number of loans advanced to home-owners for house purchase decreased in November,...

TSB in stamp duty offer

Customers taking out a mortgage with TSB for a home costing between £125,001...

Over one-third concerned about mortgage rejection

TSB has claimed that 38% of Britons searching for their first or next property...

‘Electric’ growth for home lending in H2 2013

December turned out to be the best month for home lending in six years,...

£500 FTB cash back deal from BoS

Bank of Scotland has announced an exclusive offer for first time buyers. Those first...

FTB numbers up by 22% last year

The number of first-time buyers continued to increase in 2013, according to the annual...

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Got something to sell? Try telling some untruths on X

Why do people peddle untruths on social media? When I say this, I’m thinking specifically of my old mate Martin Stewart who can be...

Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide

Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

Chris Williams on being the architect of connection

For most of the last decade Chris Williams has been dissecting the machinery of the UK property market and helping industry understand how it...

Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

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Got something to sell? Try telling some untruths on X

Why do people peddle untruths on social media? When I say this, I’m thinking...

Landlord optimism rebounds as buy-to-let sector steadies ahead of Budget

Confidence among buy-to-let landlords has more than doubled over the past year, according to...

Nationwide expands interest-only lending to first-time buyers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced a major expansion of its interest-only mortgage range, including...

Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

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