First-time buyers

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services adds StrideUp to panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has partnered with home finance provider, StrideUp, extending the...

Half of new FTB mortgages have terms over 30 years

Half of all first-time buyers in the UK, and over a quarter of home...

Prospective FTBs expect to be 37 years old when purchasing

The average prospective buyer now predicts they will be 37 years old by the...

EPCs have become an important house-buying factor

According to the new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau, 19% of Britons wouldn’t consider...

L&C Mortgages adds Gen H to lender panel

Gen H has partnered with L&C Mortgages to expand its intermediary panel. L&C Mortgages...

Cost of living crisis could stymie one million first-time buyers

A new survey from Aviva has revealed more than a million Brits under the...

Virgin Money withdraws 95% LTV range

Virgin Money has made changes to its product offering. It has withdrawn its highest LTV...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils shared ownership range

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched its shared ownership proposition to the market, introducing a range...

Darlington BS introduces low deposit five-year deals

Darlington Building Society is now offering two low deposit, five-year fixed rate mortgages. The first...

Nottingham BS to provide £600m funding to Gen H

Nottingham Building Society (NBS) and fintech mortgage lender Gen H have agreed a new...

What next for first-time buyers?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the situation for...

Adverse credit dominates Primis’ Q3 broker queries

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

Skipton tailors new mortgages to first-time buyers

Skipton Building Society is launching a suite of new mortgage products tomorrow (25 October). ...

Consistency remains in mortgage searches

Mortgage criteria searches remained consistent from August to September, according to results from Legal...

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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...

Investors are changing their approach – and lenders should too

The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...

Leasehold fees, specialists and the need to shop around

Leasehold properties account for around 20% of all dwellings in the UK, and while that figure may change in the future with government legislation...

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EXCLUSIVE: Mortgage industry launches festive concert to aid homeless

A collective of leading mortgage brokerages are joining forces this festive season to raise...

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank cut product transfer window to four months

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank are reducing the length of time customers can apply...

The Leeds cuts mortgage rates and lowers barriers for first-time buyers

Leeds Building Society has announced a raft of mortgage rate reductions of up to...

Accord widens access for those on Universal Credit and without indefinite leave to remain

Accord Mortgages has relaxed key elements of its lending criteria in a move it...