First-time buyers

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...

The Skipton unveils Help to Buy London & Scotland ranges

The Skipton Building Society has introduced new product ranges for both the Help to Buy...

Halifax Intermediaries reduces FTB and homemover rates

Halifax Intermediaries has cut the rates on its first time buyer and home mover mortgages by...

Government Housing Schemes Matrix unveiled by L&G

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched its new Government Housing Schemes Matrix. The Matrix...

Homebuyers waiting over three years to buy

51% of Britons are considering buying their first home or moving house, according to...

FTBs consider a load of barracks

Latest research has highlighted the extent to which first-time buyers are prepared to get...

L&G unveils shared ownership event

Legal & General Housing Partnerships has warned that mainstream mortgage advice needs to include discussions...

Halifax introduces new remortgage offer

Halifax has unveiled a new offer for customers looking to remortgage direct with the...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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