First-time buyers

Labour pledges to build the homes that FTBs need

The Labour Party has revealed plans to help communities build hundreds of thousands of...

Nationwide to cut Save to Buy rates

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing mortgage rates for customers with small deposits using...

Lack of affordable housing causing disenfranchisement

Research from Gocompare.com Mortgages has revealed the effect that the gap between housing supply...

Monthly lending decline for FTBs

Total gross lending in August was £18.1 billion, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML)...

Average HTB2 LTV in August was 94%

Latest data from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee...

NatWest & RBS celebrate Help to Buy 2 anniversary

Since the launch of the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee Scheme in October last...

Brits would emigrate to buy their own home

New research from Santander Mortgages reveals that 1.1 million (7%) Brits would consider emigrating...

The Mansfield offers new 90% and 95% LTV deals

The Mansfield Building Society has added two new higher LTV deals to its mortgage...

Skipton unveils FTB seven-day sale

Skipton Intermediaries has pledged to get 250 first time buyers closer to getting their...

New limited edition deals from Barclays

Barclays is launching 'limited edition' mortgage products. For example, the bank's 1.94% 60% LTV two-year...

Slight rise in FTB numbers

The number of buyers aged between 18 to 30 remains at an all-time low...

FTB completions continue to rise

The number of first-time buyer house completions in the UK rose 7% year-on-year in...

Nationwide back into Help to Buy market

Nationwide Building Society is resuming access for home movers looking to participate in the...

Birthday for the Leeds’ Welcome Mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has celebrated the first anniversary of the launch of its...

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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