First-time buyers

BSA cool on Balls’ stamp duty idea

Ed Balls has called for a two-year stamp duty holiday for first-time buyers. The Shadow...

Accord offers new 90% LTV deals

Accord Mortgages is broadening its offering for borrowers with smaller deposits. The intermediary lending subsidiary...

Family financing fills gap for FTBs

The ‘bank of mum and dad' has helped to finance over 100,000 first time...

Property prices are lower since 2007

The value of Britain's detached properties has increased by an average of £642 per...

Welsh house prices continue to yo-yo

The average house price in Wales was £900 lower in July than in June,...

The Yorkshire cuts 90% LTV rates

Yorkshire Building Society has cut rates on 90% LTV mortgages by up to 0.25...

Fixed rate popularity continues

The percentage of borrowers opting for fixed rates on purchase applications increased by 3.8%...

Scottish FTBs bucking UK trend

In July 2012, the average price paid for a house in Scotland fell by...

Nationwide supports MI New Home

Nationwide Building Society is offering products under the new MI New Home scheme, which...

FTBs expect 10 years of deposit saving

47% of prospective first time buyers expect it will take a decade or more...

100% deals offered

Promise Solutions has unveiled a loan which enables its introducers to arrange 100% borrowing...

New-build putting people off NewBuy

There is still low awareness of the government's NewBuy scheme, six months after its...

New deals and rate cuts from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a new two-year fix at2.79%, and cut rates...

Castle Trust gains FSA authorisation

Castle Trust has received FSA authorisation for its HouSAs investments. The institution has previously received...
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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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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...
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Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...
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Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...
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NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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