First-time buyers

Remortgaging continues to be muted

House purchase lending to home-buyers increased month-on-month in July totalling 67,700 loans, up 10%...

The Newcastle unveils pair of FTB fixes

Two new low fee fixed rate mortgage products aimed at first time buyers have...

BoE: increase in proportion of FTB lending

The proportion of lending for house purchase in Q2 2014 was 70.1%, about 3.7...

Latest Halifax price data “good news for buyers”

Halifax has reported that house prices in the three months from June to August...

Shareamortgage.com introduces affordability calculator

The cost of living for the average Briton is £13,281 before any money can...

CML unveils pre-election ‘manifesto’

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published a housing market manifesto aimed at...

No let-up in HTB demand for NatWest/RBS

NatWest and RBS say they are continuing to see strong demand from first-time...

FTBs bedrock of Aldermore’s Help to Buy customer base

Following government Help to Buy statistics published today, Aldermore has revealed figures showing that...

First Direct cuts fixed rates

First Direct is reducing all fixed rate mortgages in its range as well as...

Paymentshield launches ‘Home Sweet Home’ toolkit

Insurance provider Paymentshield has unveiled a 'Home Sweet Home' campaign to assist in offering...

High LTV lending recovering

Last month represented the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

FTBs drive housing market activity growth

First time buyers have boosted annual growth in housing market activity, despite a seasonally...

CML: MMR having “gentle dampener” effect

New data published by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) on the characteristics of...

Virgin Money introduces ‘Stamp Duty Buster’

Virgin Money has launched a ‘Stamp Duty Buster’ mortgage as part of its Help...

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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