First-time buyers

First-time buyers dominated UK mortgage market in 2024

Nearly seven in ten mortgage customers in 2024 were first-time buyers, according to new...

Precise cuts rates and boosts appeal for first-time buyers

Specialist lender Precise, part of the OSB Group, has announced a comprehensive refresh of...

UK housing market rebounds: busiest May for home sales since 2021 boom

The UK housing market recorded its strongest May in four years, with the number...

First-time buyers offer brightest prospects amid calls for focus on affordability and supply

First-time buyers are viewed as the most promising segment of the UK property market...

Homeownership now trumps marriage as financial priority for UK couples

Homeownership has overtaken marriage as the leading financial ambition for couples in the UK,...

Cost of making a house a home rises over 30% in a decade

The cost of setting up a home has climbed by almost a third over...

Just Mortgages secures high street role for April Mortgages’ 100% LTV product

Just Mortgages has been announced as the first national high street estate agency linked...

First-time buyer collapse highlights impact of stamp duty cutback

The number of first-time buyer offers fell by 55% in the first quarter of...

First-time buyers claim bigger slice of mortgage market as conditions ease

First-time buyers are taking a significantly larger share of the mortgage market, according to...

Gable Mortgages launches zero-deposit products to support first-time buyers

Gable Mortgages has entered the UK market with the launch of two zero-deposit mortgage...

Barclays cuts affordability rates to widen access to home ownership

Barclays has reduced its affordability rates for residential mortgages, in a move that will...

UK property prices hit new high… but growth slows

The average asking price for UK homes rose to a record £379,517 in May,...

North West surges ahead in off-plan sales as London slips

Mortgage brokers are being urged to reassess their regional strategies as new figures reveal...

Santander cuts rates across more than 60 mortgage products

Santander UK will reduce rates by up to 0.19% across more than 60 mortgage...
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Maximising embedded value and delivering a great service

While advisers understand the importance of looking after existing clients, nurturing your back book beyond that mortgage-remortgage cycle is certainly easier said than done. It...

Open banking and smart data transformed finance – now it’s time to do the same for property

The UK is set for a 'smart data' revolution, a revolution which began with the advent of open banking, and one which now has...

Richard Pike: Day two from the Global ABS Conference in Barcelona

We’re just coming to an end of day two at the Global ABS conference. Funding is widely available and funders are willing to do...

Service isn’t just a ‘nice-to-have’ – it is the product

Have you ever had a decent meal in a restaurant ruined by slow service and rude staff? This happened to me recently and I...

Richard Pike: our reporter-at-large at Barcelona APS conference

The Global Asset Backed Securities (ABS) conference starts today at the International Convention Centre, Barcelona. Now in its 29th year, it brings together a worldwide...

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MIMHC launches fifth annual mental health and wellbeing survey

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has launched its fifth annual Mental Health...
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Cotality and Landbay streamline buy-to-let submissions with integration

Landbay has become the first buy-to-let lender to integrate brokers directly into Cotality’s Buy...
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