First-time buyers

New deals and rate cuts from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a new two-year fixed product for home movers, as well...

CML: house purchase lending activity dampened in February

Home-owner house purchase lending fell in February both compared to the previous month and...

Tory Right to Buy plan could cost taxpayers £20bn

The Conservative Party manifesto will be launched today, with a headline pledge of extending...

Help to Buy 2 deposits reach 10-month high

February saw a 10-month high in average deposits for house purchases using the Help...

FTB valuation activity up 40% year on year

Latest research from Connells Survey and Valuation reveals that March 2015 witnessed the strongest...

Annual turnover of a property almost trebled since 80s

A new report by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has found that a...

2014: real change to the first-time buyer market

First-time buyer numbers last year rose to its highest level for seven years. However,...

The Teachers lowers fees on 90% & 95% mortgages

The Teachers Building Society has lowered the arrangement fee on its 95% and 90% LTV...

FTB plight easing slightly

30% of house sales in February were made to first-time buyers, according to the...

Rate reductions made by Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has made cuts across its whole product range for first-time buyers, homemovers, and...

Accord Mortgage reduces 95% LTV rates

Accord Mortgages has cut mortgage rates for borrowers with a 5% deposit. The intermediary-only lender of...

Halifax cuts mortgage rates

Halifax has cut product rates across first-time buyer, home mover, Help to Buy Mortgage...

Property ladder is getting shorter

Brits are owning fewer homes over their lifetime than a generation ago, according to...

Young people want to fund homeownership via pension pot

58% of 18-35 year olds aren't currently saving into a workplace pension but 54%...
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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...

Latest news

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...

PROFILES