First-time buyers

Young wannabe FTBs willing to sacrifice

36% of non-homeowners aged 18-34 would like to get on the property ladder in...

New deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. The new products will be...

Sharp rise in purchase mortgage approvals

The number of mortgages for house purchase in December was the highest monthly total...

30% year-on-year increase in FTB completions

The latest First Time Buyer Opinion Barometer from LSL Property Services has found that...

New 95% LTV fixes from the Nationwide

Nationwide Building Society is launching two new two-year fixed rates at 95% loan to...

Rate cut for Connells’ 95% LTV exclusive

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rate on the 95%...

The H&R slashes rate on 95% LTV deal

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its 95% Loan...

Large rise in mortgage market confidence

Confidence about the mortgage market’s prospects has significantly increased in the last six months...

November lending more muted than previous month

The total number of loans advanced to home-owners for house purchase decreased in November,...

TSB in stamp duty offer

Customers taking out a mortgage with TSB for a home costing between £125,001...

Over one-third concerned about mortgage rejection

TSB has claimed that 38% of Britons searching for their first or next property...

‘Electric’ growth for home lending in H2 2013

December turned out to be the best month for home lending in six years,...

£500 FTB cash back deal from BoS

Bank of Scotland has announced an exclusive offer for first time buyers. Those first...

FTB numbers up by 22% last year

The number of first-time buyers continued to increase in 2013, according to the annual...
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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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Advice

Buyer demand stabilises but mortgage market remains cautious

The UK housing market may be showing early signs of stabilisation but mortgage brokers...
First-time buyers

Cooling rents could ease affordability pressures for first-time buyers

Slower rental growth and improving affordability across much of the UK could provide some...
funding

ABS 2026 review: Global and UK issues cool the market

It’s that time of the year again when the world of wholesale funding descends...
News

HomeOwners Alliance appoints Sarah Tucker as lead mortgage commentator

HomeOwners Alliance has partnered with property and mortgage expert Sarah Tucker, who will become...

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