First-time buyers

Highest deposit levels since October 2013

The latest National Mortgage Index from Mortgage Advice Bureau has revealed that average house...

The Leeds changes attitude to gifted deposits

The Leeds Building Society has moved to simplify its policy on gifted deposits...

The Nationwide slashes Save to Buy rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut all of its 95% LTV Save to Buy...

CML: fall in home purchase lending

House purchase lending to home-buyers fell month-on-month in November totalling 55,600 loans, according to...

New mortgage lender launches

Pepper UK Limited has launched mortgage lender Pepper Homeloans into the UK market. A...

The Leeds backs Scottish HTB scheme

The Leeds Building Society has signalled its support for the Scottish Government’s new HTB...

Barclays unveils new FTB and HTB rates

Barclays has made a number of mortgage rate cuts for first time buyers and...

Halifax offers new deals and interest rebate

Halifax is offering homemovers and first-time buyers two months' interest back on their mortgage. The...

Government reveals latest Help to Buy stats

Over 73,000 homes have been bought under the government’s Help to Buy schemes. Latest figures...

IMLA calls for a coherent housing strategy

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has called for a root and branch review...

50% rise in first-time buyers in the past two years

The number of first-time buyers rose by 22% in 2014, according to the annual...

Transactions fall to same level as last November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.9 billion...

Aldermore celebrates Help to Buy anniversary

Aldermore has issued some revealing statistics about its Help to Buy customers, as it...

Rate cuts from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three high LTV...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

Latest news

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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