First-time buyers

Pickles claims Help to Buy “working well”

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme has seen 10,000 reservations for new build...

FTB lending at highest level since 2007

Lending to first-time buyers has reached its largest quarterly total since 2007 with 68,200...

The Leeds moves into Help to Buy

Leeds Building Society has introduced its first set of Help to Buy products. The...

Minority expect to be homeowners when they have first child

Nearly 4.6 million Britons expect to start a family in the future but don’t...

Parents exhaust savings to help kids buy first homes

49% of parents who have or plan to contribute to their children's first home...

Dream of homeownership still strong

A Rightmove survey has found that 96% of those currently in rented accommodation still...

Halifax Intermediaries tweaks offering

Halifax Intermediaries has made changes to its product range. It has introduced two-year 80% LTV...

Joint mortgages more prevalent than single ones

Consumers are more likely to have a joint mortgage with a partner or spouse...

FTB numbers up by one-fifth

The number of first-time buyers in the first six months of the year was...

Details sketchy on ‘new’ Help to Buy

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the progress report announced by the...

Santander moves into Help to Buy

Santander for Intermediaries is launching a range of Help to Buy Equity Loan mortgages. The...

Castle Trust removes Partnership Mortgage fees

Castle Trust is waiving all fees on its Partnership Mortgage, where the Equity Withdrawal...

Average homebuyer income at four-year high

Homebuyers’ average income rose above £40,000 in June 2013 for the first time in...

CML: BTL and FTB markets improving at same time

Lending to first-time buyers, home movers and remortgagors all increased in May, with a...

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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....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...

TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite

The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...

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Brokers urge 0.25% rate cut to revive housing market

Most mortgage brokers believe a small cut to the Bank of England’s Base Rate...

The Mortgage Works leads limited company BTL market as new leaderboard goes public

The Mortgage Works has been named the UK’s leading lender for limited company buy-to-let...

Residential transactions rise again ahead of Budget

UK property transaction figures for September suggest that market activity continues to recover, with...

CHL Mortgages to host post-Budget analysis webinar for brokers

Brokers seeking clarity on the government’s Autumn Budget will have the chance to hear...

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