First-time buyers

FTB loans down 5% year-on-year

Total number of loans advanced to first-time buyers in March was 23,000 - up 20%...

‘Ideal’ policy package for young people established

The housing policies proposed by the political parties over the last few months have...

Still a long wait for first time buyers

First time buyers are having to wait longer than hoped in in order to...

Shortage of stock cited as largest market stumbling block

The housing market is being constrained by a shortage of houses for sale, according...

Rightmove: brakes removed from housing market

May has seen an unseasonal drop in new seller asking prices, down by 0.1%...

Building homes has to be the government’s priority

You might not think it possible but there will probably be more words written...

Skipton Intermediaries unveils new build proposition

Skipton Intermediaries is embarking on what it calls "a new approach to new build...

The Nationwide offering £500 FTB cashback

The Nationwide Building Society is tomorrow (13 May) replacing its current £500 product fee...

April activity up despite general election uncertainty

Housing market activity in April was stronger across the board than at the same...

Nationwide surpasses £1bn Save to Buy mark

The Nationwide Building Society has said that over 8,000 homes have so far been...

Lloyds cuts two-year fixed rates

Lloyds Bank has cut rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgages for first time...

Halifax Intermediaries unveils FTB cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a 1% cashback offer of up to £2,500 for first-time...

Barclays improves Family Springboard proposition

From 6 May, first-time buyers obtaining the fee-free Barclays Family Springboard mortgage will see...

Lloyds posts £660m loss from TSB sale

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit of £2.18bn for the first quarter of...
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COMMENT

Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty. The logic feels intuitive -...

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

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Stamp Duty

Cutting stamp duty will make the housing crisis worse

Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for...
News

LendInvest bolsters residential and BTL broker support with Glasgow team expansion

LendInvest has expanded its commercial support team with a particular focus on helping brokers...
Technology

Hackathons test property data sharing in homebuying push

Proptech firms have tested how property data can be shared across the home-moving process...
News

Foundation refreshes buy-to-let range with new products and rate cuts

Foundation has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range with new products and rate reductions across...

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