First-time buyers

Criteria searches for Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme up by 10%

First-time buyers are persisting with Help to Buy purchases, with the 31st March cut-off-point...

Phoebus partners with MIAC Analytics

Phoebus Software has partnered with MIAC Analytics, a firm which provides a range of...

Market Harborough BS unveils multi-generation mortgage solutions

Specialist lender, Market Harborough Building Society (MHBS), has introduced a range of multi-generation mortgages...

Reliance Bank revamps mortgage offering and improves broker registration process

Reliance Bank is now able to accept gifted deposits from family and friends where...

MPowered Mortgages updates affordability assessment

MPowered Mortgages has revised its affordability assessment in order to better support those looking...

Hanley Economic BS unveils new fixed rates

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a three fixed rate products up to 95%...

Why the BTL contraction is damaging to FTBs

The borrowing capacity of UK homeowners has reduced significantly over the last year, as...

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces 90-95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year fixed rate higher LTV products by...

Shared ownership should be rebranded – Just Mortgages

Just Mortgages thinks that the term 'shared ownership' is acting as a barrier to...

Over 676,000 empty homes in England – and rising

To coincide with National Empty Homes Week, which takes place next week, Leeds Building...

Coventry offers 4% saving rate for first-time buyers

Coventry Building Society is offering an interest rate of 4.00% on its First Home...

Iress MSO to support new affordable home ownership schemes

Iress has announced that its MSO software is now fully enabled to support the...

Gen H expands intermediary panel

Generation Home (Gen H) has expanded its intermediary panel with a new partnership with finova...

Berkeley Group signs up to Own New mortgage scheme

Own New has announced Berkeley Group as the latest housing developer to sign up...

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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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Hull and Sunderland named cheapest cities for student renters

Hull and Sunderland have been named the most affordable cities in Britain for students...

Just Mortgages appoints area director for Midlands and South West

Just Mortgages has strengthened its self-employed management team with the appointment of Alex Clifford...

CIExpert’s campaign against joint life policies gathers widespread support

CIExpert’s “Single is Best” campaign has passed a major milestone, with more than 100...

Car finance no longer weighs heavily on mortgage borrowing

Homebuyers with car loans are now able to borrow thousands more on their mortgages...