First-time buyers

Leeds BS unveils new First Homes products

Leeds Building Society has introduced new products specifically designed for purchasers using the government’s...

Promise Money partners with Ahauz

Ahauz, which provides an equity loan to first-time buyers, has announced a partnership with...

The Nottingham improves first-time buyer no-fee deal

The Nottingham has announced rate reductions to its no-fee five-year fixed 95% LTV mortgage...

Saffron revamps offering and urges: ‘let’s get them home’

The Saffron Building Society has launched a new campaign - ‘Let’s get them home’...

Leeds BS gives green support to 95% mortgages

Leeds Building Society is allowing homebuyers to offset the carbon footprint of their property...

Proportunity hires its first national account manager

Matt Surridge has joined Proportunity as national account manager. Surridge (pictured, left) joins Proportunity from fintech...

Newcastle BS completes first Deposit Unlock deals

Newcastle Building Society has announced the first completions in the UK under the industry-led...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves affordability

Newcastle Intermediaries has updated its lending criteria to improve affordability for customers looking to...

Push positive first-time buyer messages out there

Prospective first-time buyers might look at the current housing market situation and wonder if...

Pepper Money moves into Help to Buy

Pepper Money has introduced a range of Help to Buy products, forming part of...

Finova adds Metro Bank to panel

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously...

New deals and rate cuts from the Mansfield

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates on seven existing mortgage products and added two...

Paradigm boosts lender panel with Clydesdale appointment

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Clydesdale Bank to its lender panel. From today, member firms...

Generation Home partners with Twenty7Tec

A new mortgage lender, Generation Home, has partnered with Twenty7Tec, to expand the distribution...

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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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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...

AS Financial rebrands to showcase growth beyond mortgages

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

Reward Funding passes lending milestone

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

London’s luxury lettings market surges 154% as wealthy tenants opt to rent

London’s prime lettings market has more than doubled in size during the first half...