First-time buyers

Leeds BS cuts rates for first-time buyers and landlords

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on a range of its mortgages products. The cuts...

Coventry for intermediaries expands 90% product offering

Coventry for intermediaries has introduced new two and three-year fixed rate products at 90%...

Gen H rated “excellent’ by brokers

Gen H has achieved an NPS of 83 in a survey of the brokers...

Hanley Economic BS launches trio of new residential deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced three new residential products up to 95% LTV. The...

Family BS unveils new two-year fixes

Family Building Society has launched a new range of two-year fixed rate mortgage products. It...

LendInvest reduces rates and unveils 90% LTV deal

LendInvest has made reductions to its residential mortgage range, improving its offering for key...

Gen H joins LMS Panel Link

LMS has revealed that Gen H has become the 34th lender to join LMS...

Gen H cuts rates by a further 20 bps

Gen H has announced its latest rate reductions across products up to and including...

Bank of Mum & Dad now protecting loans to children

The Bank of Mum and Dad is increasing its stake in the UK’s mortgage...

Providing a more affordable FTB path

First-time buyers are facing a tough time at the moment as higher interest rates...

Huge variations in ‘Bank of Family’ support across the country

Housing affordability is worsening across all UK regions, forcing many aspiring homeowners to depend...

Gen H further reduces mortgage rates

Gen H has announced its latest rate reductions across its complete product range. Gen H...

Suffolk BS returns to 90% LTV market

Suffolk Building Society has reintroduced a number of two-year fixed rate products to its...

StrideUp added to TMA panel

StrideUp has announced that it has been added to TMA’s lender panel. From today, TMA...

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Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

The Treasury is casting more floaters than a sewage farm

The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...

HMOs: market realities, future prospects, and the broker opportunity

The HMO sector remains one of the most dynamic parts of the private rented market, with recent data showing it’s both a significant asset...

Bridging the Pond: How large is the US bridging finance market, and compared to the UK?

When we first got started with LendInvest in the UK, post the financial crisis, bridging finance was a much more nascent product than it...

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Rayner stands down after stamp duty inquiry

Angela Rayner has resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after Sir Laurie...

The Newcastle launches 98% mortgage to support first-time buyers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has unveiled a new mortgage product designed to help first-time buyers...

New Chetwood Bank hire to spearhead move into bridging

Chetwood Bank has appointed Richard Lawton as director of bridging as it prepares to...

Mortgage advisers urged to broaden later life lending advice

Mortgage advisers must be prepared to consider the full range of later life lending...