First-time buyers

Foundation Home Loans improves first-time buyer access

Foundation Home Loans has revised its residential product range in a move designed to...

Newcastle Intermediaries rejoins high LTV mortgage market

Newcastle Intermediaries is re-entering the high LTV mortgage market sector with a number of...

Darlington Intermediaries extends 90% LTV nationally

Darlington Intermediaries is making its 90% loan to value (LTV) mortgage available nationally. Since the...

First Homes scheme launches with 30% discount

The government's First Homes scheme has launched today, with discounted houses for local people...

Atom bank cuts 90% and 95% LTV mortgages

Atom bank has reduced its 90% and 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgages rate...

NatWest IS unveils Mortgage Guarantee Scheme deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching new Mortgage Guarantee Scheme products for intermediaries. The new scheme allows...

The Harpenden launches new JBSP mortgage

The Harpenden Building Society has unveiled a new range of Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor...

Beverley BS to re-enter 95% LTV market

The Beverley Building Society is launching a two-year, fixed-rate deal at 3.85% at 95% loan...

Coventry for Intermediaries unveils new 95% LTV two-year fix

Coventry for Intermediaries has added to its 95% LTV range with a new two-year...

Accord Mortgages reviews residential offering

Accord Mortgages is revising its residential mortgage range this week. The intermediary-only lender is changing...

Accord to offer new build up to 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is revising its higher loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering to include...

The Nottingham cuts 95% LTV five-year fix by 20bps

The Nottingham has reduced the rate on its 95% LTV five-year fixed product from...

Covid-19 changes first time buyer priorities

First time buyers have incurred significant costs from house purchases falling through, alongside the...

Smartr365 expands Halifax Intermediaries integration

Smartr365 has built upon its integration with Halifax Intermediaries, enabling real-time mortgage Decision-in-Principle (DIP)...

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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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Carlyle to acquire intelliflo from Invesco in $200m deal

Global investment group Carlyle has agreed to acquire intelliflo, the London-based provider of cloud-based...

LMS becomes affiliate member of the Conveyancing Association

The Conveyancing Association has welcomed LMS as its newest affiliate member, marking a formal...

Molo cuts UK resident buy-to-let rates

Molo has reduced its standard buy-to-let fixed rates for UK resident landlords. The changes mean...

Jitty launches mortgage-linked budget calculator with L&C

Jitty, the AI-driven homebuying platform, has teamed up with L&C Mortgages to launch what...