First-time buyers

“If you build it, they will come”

I’ll freely admit that it’s not particularly cutting-edge or surfing the zeitgeist wave, to...

Barclays outlines new 95% LTV Mortgage Guarantee Scheme deals

Barclays Mortgages' new 95% LTV Mortgage Guarantee Scheme products will be available for applications from...

Accord opens up 95% LTV mortgage eligibility

Accord Mortgages is widening its 95% loan to value mortgage offering to all purchasers. The...

Strong demand for Skipton’s 95% offering

The Skipton Building Society has reported a huge interest in its 95% LTV mortgage. The...

Atom Bank reoffers 95% LTV mortgages

Atom Bank has relaunched its 95% LTV mortgages with immediate effect. Atom is re-introducing the...

The Leeds returns to 95% LTV lending

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage...

The Mansfield unveils new high LTV deals

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new house purchase mortgage to 90% LTV,...

95% LTV mortgage affordability still an issue

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has reported that 95% LTV mortgage searches have increased by...

The Buckinghamshire unveils 95% LTV mortgage range

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is launching a range of 95% loan to value (LTV)...

The Leeds offers cashback fee-free deals in Scotland

The Leeds Building Society has introduces a new range of shared equity mortgages to...

Rise in number of properties selling for over the asking price

NAEA Propertymark has reported that 11% of properties sold for more than the original asking...

Coventry for Intermediaries to re-enter 95% LTV market

Coventry for Intermediaries is to re-enter the 95% LTV market this week, launching new...

Aldermore to offer 95% LTV for limited period

Aldermore has reintroduced its 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering. The 95% LTV products...

Accord cuts higher LTV rates

Accord Mortgages is cutting a number of rates across its 85% and 90% loan...

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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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Rightmove warns property tax reforms could stall housing market

Rightmove has warned the government that proposed changes to property taxation risk distorting the...

Bradford retains crown as UK’s leading property hotspot

Bradford has once again been named the country’s most in-demand housing market, topping OnTheMarket’s...

Keystone reduces expat buy-to-let rates and adds new product

Keystone Property Finance has reduced rates across its expat buy-to-let range, cutting selected fixed...

Gatehouse cuts buy-to-let rental rates and eases paperwork

Gatehouse Bank has cut rental rates by 0.25% across its buy-to-let purchase plans for...