First-time buyers

BSA: FTBs underestimate intergenerational support available

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has found that 53% of people think older family...

Lenders see market to be secured in high LTV lending

The mortgage market has seen more than its fair share of ups and downs...

MAB New Homes partners with Generation Home

Mortgage Advice Bureau New Homes has teamed up with Generation Home in an attempt...

Attitudes changing to secured debt in retirement

45% of mortgaged homeowners under the age of 40 made it not the property...

Virgin Money improves shared ownership offering

Virgin Money has launched new higher LTV residential rates which come with a £1,000...

FTB shared ownership borrowers looking beyond new build

Greater numbers of first time buyers using shared ownership are buying existing properties rather...

Suffolk BS improves criteria to increase case suitability

Suffolk Building Society has made four changes to its lending criteria. The mutual has increased...

Kensington Mortgages partners with Proportunity to help first-time buyers

Kensington Mortgages and Proportunity are to collaborate to help first time buyers to get...

Soon-to-launch lender joins IMLA

Even, a yet-to-launch lender of Help-to-Buy style mortgages for first-time buyers, has become the...

Twenty7Tec: remortgage searches continue to dominate

Twenty7Tec has reported that remortgage searches totalled 43.2% of the mortgage market searches in...

Castle Trust Bank unveils valuation cashback deal

Castle Trust Bank is now offering a cashback of up to £5,000 + VAT...

FTBs outline financial barriers they face

Four out of five renters want to own a property in the future but...

Hanley’s CEO hails mutual’s “outstanding commercial performance”

Hanley Economic Building Society has reported growth for the year ending 31 August 2021,...

Metro Bank added to MBT Affordability platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has added Metro Bank to its MBT Affordability research platform. ...
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Christian Faes: Across the Pond

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...

Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

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SME finance

LHV Bank passes £500m loan book milestone as assets top £1bn

LHV Bank has surpassed £500m in its active loan book and crossed £1bn in...
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FCA warns of surge in impersonation scams as fraudsters target older victims

Almost 5,000 reports of fraudsters impersonating the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) were made in...
Business

AS Financial rebrands to showcase growth beyond mortgages

AS Financial, the London-based financial advisory firm, has unveiled a bold new brand identity...
SME finance

Reward Funding passes lending milestone

Reward Funding has passed the £350m loan book milestone for the first time in...

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