First-time buyers

Gen H names new sales and distribution director

Gen H has appointed Sara Palmer as its new sales and distribution director. Reporting to...

Stamp duty reform faces early pushback

Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to abolish stamp duty on home sales, which she described last...

Housebuilders launch new equity loan scheme to boost homeownership

A group of UK housebuilders have joined forces with lenders and asset managers to...

BREAKING NEWS: A triple Christmas bonus for brokers

In Kemi ‘Badenough’s’ closing speech at the Conservative Conference in Manchester this week she...

Rightmove renews call for stamp duty reform as thresholds fail to keep pace with house prices

Fewer than one in 20 homes currently for sale in England are exempt from...

Buying a first home cheaper than renting in most UK cities, Lloyds finds

First-time buyers could save thousands of pounds a year by purchasing rather than renting,...

Housing market stalls as buyers and sellers pull back ahead of Budget

Britain’s housing market has stalled for a third consecutive month as uncertainty over next...

First-time buyer homes outpace wider market as affordability improves

First-time buyers are paying more for their homes than they were a year ago...

Stamp duty receipts rise to £9.3bn – but signs of a peak emerge

Homebuyers have paid £9.3 billion in stamp duty between January and August, a 20.6%...

2.5 million homeowners could move if stamp duty scrapped

Around 2.5 million homeowners could be freed to move house if Conservative Party plans...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Badenoch pledges to scrap stamp duty in bid to revive homeownership

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to abolish stamp duty on home sales, describing it as...

Santander calls for homebuying reforms as young buyers bear the brunt of broken system

Younger buyers and families are suffering most from England and Wales’s outdated homebuying process,...

Atom bank widens access to Growth Guarantee Scheme loans

Atom bank has broadened its lending criteria under the government-backed Growth Guarantee Scheme (GGS),...

First-time buyer growth slows as affordability pressures persist

The number of first-time buyers entering the housing market has risen sharply this year...
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COMMENT

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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Analysis

First-time buyer and home mover demand holds up as mortgage applications fall

First-time buyers and home movers proved more resilient than remortgage borrowers during a weaker...
Technology

Specialist Hub appoints OMS to streamline client management

Specialist Hub has selected One Mortgage System (OMS) as its customer relationship management provider...
News

Brokers brace for possible interest rate rise as borrowers turn cautious

Nearly six in 10 Primis brokers expect the Bank of England to raise interest...
Technology

Nivo targets broker paperwork burden with AI webinar

Nivo is to hold a free webinar for mortgage brokers on where firms should...

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