First-time buyers

Skipton improves maximum LTVs

Skipton Building Society is introducing policy changes designed to help low deposit mortgage customers...

Newcastle BS improves Deposit Unlock offering 

Newcastle Building Society, which was the first lender to support the Deposit Unlock scheme,...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% LTV product range, including a reduction...

Better FTB options behind improvement in affordability

Mortgage affordability reached a high for the year in September, with the average maximum...

We need more competition in 95% LTV marketplace

With the stamp duty holiday now over in England and a sense of normality...

Hanley Economic BS expands residential mortgage range

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership...

Deposit Unlock will help low deposit borrowers buy a new build home

A new private sector initiative to help people buy a new build home with...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils new FTB range and policy

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of mortgages for first-time buyers. The range...

AmTrust launches MGA, Qualis Credit Risk

AmTrust International (AI) created a new specialist mortgage and credit Managing General Agent (MGA),...

September fall in 95%+ LTV mortgage searches

Twenty7Tec has published its monthly mortgage market data for September 2021. The mortgage technology...

Bluestone widens Help to Buy availability

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the reopening of its Help to Buy range to the...

First-time buyers are immediately at a disadvantage

The mortgage market is currently seeing some of the most competitive rates in its...

Aldermore improves offering for those with credit blips

Aldermore has reintroduced products and rate reductions in its residential mortgage range to support...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has applied reductions of 0.26 percentage points to its two-year 95% LTV...

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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...