First-time buyers

Majority of property professionals confident about 2024

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has found that almost three...

Rise in interest-only mortgage searches

Data from Legal & General’s Ignite platform has shown that there has been an...

Pepper Money launches mortgages for First Homes scheme

Pepper Money has expanded its affordable home ownership proposition with the launch of its...

Leeds BS launches online tool for prospective first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society, in partnership with fintech company Life Moments, has launched an online...

Prospective homebuyers lack understanding of cost and fees

New research from The Mortgage Lender (TML) has found that 24% of UK homeowners...

The power of TikTok in reaching a younger audience

Whether it be house prices, rising interest rates, or product withdrawals, the mortgage market...

New partnership for New Homes Mortgages

Specialist new build brokers, New Homes Mortgages, is partnering with IMAC NE to further...

The Leeds unveils savings incentive for shared ownership borrowers

Leeds Building Society has launched a savings product specifically designed to support shared ownership...

Sharp rise in EPC-related product searches

UK homeowners are increasingly reassessing their mortgage options due to recent interest rate activity. Searches...

Gen H expands panel with Brilliant addition

Gen H has announced its latest intermediary partnership, this time with Brilliant Solutions. Brilliant Solutions...

Taking a longer mortgage term if necessary should be championed, not chastised

The decisions facing prospective first-time buyers at the moment are interesting on so many...

Crazy not to have an integrated housing policy, says Family BS

A new report has starkly outlined the failure to create an integrated housing policy...

Buckinghamshire BS launches new fee-free shared ownership offering

Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new shared ownership proposition with rates cut by...

Hanley Economic BS unveils two-year fee-free shared ownership fix

Hanley Economic Building Society has announced the launch of a fee-free two-year fixed rate...

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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...

Passing the affordability exam

As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...

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Joint venture seeks to expand commercial finance in Scotland

Watts Commercial Finance has joined forces with Edinburgh-based Cox & Co to launch Cox...

Parents turn to property market to support students

Parents are increasingly buying properties near universities to house their children as the cost...

Parents Overstretch Finances in Scramble for School Catchment Homes

Almost half of parents are sacrificing their ideal home and in many cases overstretching...

Fleet Mortgages opens up solicitor choice for limited company landlords

Fleet Mortgages has scrapped its restricted conveyancing panel for limited company buy-to-let applications, giving...