First-time buyers

The Leeds unveils new shared ownership deal

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new shared ownership mortgage product for first...

Young homeowners defaulting to mortgage providers’ insurance

40% of mortgage holders under 34 years old have their home buildings insurance with...

‘Generation rent’ still aspire to buy

12 months on from the launch of its Save to Buy scheme for first...

Welsh first-time buyers struggle

Transactions in Wales during March were 5% lower than normal. The latest LSL Property...

Nationwide cuts fixed and NewBuy rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting its two and five year fixed rates by 0.10...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks improve FTB proposition

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched a fee free mortgage offer for first time...

AFI unveils NewBuy offering

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a range of NewBuy mortgages via intermediaries. The...

Lowest FTB approval levels for nine months

Mortgage approvals for first time buyers fell to their lowest level for nine months...

Lloyds TSB improves FTB deal

Lloyds TSB has made changes to its new fee saver mortgage for first-time buyers. ...

BoS extends stamp duty pledge

Bank of Scotland has extended of its pledge to pay half of the stamp...

Nationwide offers half price fees

Nationwide Building Society has launched a half price product fee offer on its range...

Halifax entends stamp duty pledge

Halifax has extended its pledge to pay half of all homebuyers stamp duty bill...

First NewBuy deal completed

Mortgage Talk has claimed to have completed the UK's first NewBuy mortgage. Mortgage Talk,...

Q1 increase in asking prices

Asking prices have risen by £3,104 in the past three months to March, according...
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A walk on the supply side

The UK government’s stated goal to build 1.5 million homes during the current parliamentary term underlines a strong political focus on addressing the housing...

Don’t build in fear – quality must come before quotas

“This is my message to housebuilders: get on with it. If you promise homes, you have to build them.” - Prime Minister Keir Starmer, 25...

AI won’t replace mortgage brokers – but those who don’t adapt could be left behind, say industry leaders

Artificial intelligence is set to transform the mortgage industry but it won’t replace the role of the broker, according to a panel of sector...

Why the mortgage industry must digitise for the customer, not just for compliance

Home buyers today can manage their finances, verify their ID and even order a sofa for next-day delivery all from their phones. Yet when...

The BBC’s exposé isn’t news to mortgage advisers – but it might be to the public

Let’s be honest, for mortgage advisers, the recent Panorama investigation into conditional selling by estate agents wasn’t so much a revelation as it was...

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results

MAB sees revenues rise 19% as adviser productivity strengthens

Mortgage Advice Bureau has posted a robust trading update for the first half of...
News

Rightmove mortgage revenues double as digital growth strategy pays off

Rightmove has more than doubled the size of its mortgages business in the first...
affordability

Market Harborough eases stress tests to support wider range of residential borrowers

Market Harborough Building Society has announced a relaxation of its interest rate stress testing...
News

CHL Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 32bps

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has unveiled sweeping rate cuts across its buy-to-let mortgage range,...

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