First-time buyers

Average deposit grows for fourth successive month

Mortgage Advice Bureau says its latest data show that homebuyers are increasingly taking full...

‘Clipped wing’ generation staying with mum & dad

New research from Shelter has found that despite working, 48% of 20-34 year olds...

June FTB transactions up 10% year-on-year

There were 30,000 more first-time buyers getting onto the housing ladder in the first...

Strongest six months for FTBs in six years

The first half of 2014 saw 30,000 more first-time buyers get on the housing...

Virgin Money removes HTB minimum income requirement

Virgin Money is removing the £30,000 minimum income threshold for mortgage products which make...

Young Brits favour deposit over wedding

28% of those aged between 18 and 34 would spend a £20,000 gift from...

20% fall in first-time buyer purchases

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has reported that first time buyers are...

Gross mortgage lending up 4%

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £17.5...

LBG extends Help to Buy to new builds

Homeowners can now purchase new build properties through both Halifax and Lloyds Bank Help...

The Family BS unveils product for FTBs

The Family Building Society has launched the Family Mortgage. The new mutual is offering three...

High LTV recovery to stall?

Lending to high LTV borrowers reached a post credit crunch high in June, according...

CML: impact of MMR “subtle”

Home-owner house purchase lending in May increased month-on-month totalling 57,900 loans, up 9% compared...

First Complete expands lender panel

First Complete has added Newbury Building Society to its mortgage panel. The Newbury will provide...

Halifax offers FTB insurance refund

Halifax is offering to refund a year’s insurance premium for first time buyers when...
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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...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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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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MorganAsh urges financial services firms to improve support for unpaid carers

MorganAsh has backed a new Carers UK blueprint aimed at building more carer-friendly communities,...
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Family BS strengthens intermediary team with BDM appointment

Family Building Society has appointed Sam Byrne as business development manager for the northern...
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Buckinghamshire cuts rates across credit repair ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced selected rates across its Credit Revive and Credit Restore...

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