First-time buyers

BoE reports strong lending start to 2016

Latest statistics from the Bank of England show the number of loan approvals for house...

New low for housing supply

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has warned that supply of available housing...

Hometrack: sales volumes fell in 2015

Hometrack has reported that house prices are rising but sales volumes have fallen in...

L&G to produce factory manufactured houses

A new Legal & General Capital (LGC) business has been launched to operate in the modular...

PPI charge cuts Lloyds profits

Lloyds Banking Group has reported pre-tax profits of £1.64bn for 2015, 7% lower than...

The Yorkshire posts record operating profit

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported gross lending of £6.9bn (2014: £7.6bn) and net...

N. Ireland lending highest level since mid-2007

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that lending in Northern Ireland for house...

Continued lending growth in Wales

Latest Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) data has shown that lending in Wales for...

8% rise in first-time buyers in Scotland

Annual home-owner house purchase lending in Scotland in 2015 totalled 64,800 loans, up 9%...

2015 fall in London house purchase lending

House purchase lending in London fell in 2015 in comparison with the previous year,...

Sesame and PMS offering 95% LTV Leeds exclusive

Sesame and PMS have launched an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

The Bath unveils room renting FTB proposition

The Bath Building Society has launched 'Rent a Room' mortgages. The product allows an individual...

FTBs still better off buying than renting

UK first-time buyers are on average 10% (£865) a year better off with their...

1.6m homes to be worth £1m+ by 2030

A new report from Santander Mortgages forecasts that the number of UK properties worth at least...

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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