First-time buyers

TMB partners with Proportunity

Mortgage broker The Mortgage Brain (TMB) has teamed up with shared equity loan provider...

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services partners with interest-free equity loan provider

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced a partnership with equity loan provider, Even. Finova's...

BoE consults over withdrawing mortgage affordability stress test

The Bank of England has issued a consultation over the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC)...

Cost-of-living squeeze having effect on mortgage searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported that overall mortgage search volumes by advisers...

The Nottingham unveils new 95% LTV fixes

The Nottingham is targeting first-time buyers with the launch of a pair of new...

New intermediary launches to serve high LTV borrowers

A new independent low deposit mortgage specialist, Home me, has launched to help borrowers...

Suffolk BS unveils new 95% LTV fixes 

Suffolk Building Society has launched two new fixed rate products available up to 95%...

Shared ownership growth happening beyond capital

Leeds Building Society data has indicated that first-time buyers outside the traditional hotspot of...

Affinity Mortgages joins Proportunity broker panel

Affinity Mortgages has been added to the panel of brokers at Proportunity, the shared...

Will ‘Levelling Up’ help first-time buyers?

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper focused heavily on the housing market, specifically looking...

Pepper Money unveils shared ownership proposition to mark

Pepper Money has rolled out its shared ownership offering to the whole market following...

Skipton BS revises shared ownership criteria

Skipton Building Society has made changes to its lending criteria on shared ownership. The lending...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Latest POLL

COMMENT

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Latest news

Later life lending must become ‘mainstream priority’, following FCA reform speech

Will Hale, chief executive of Key Advice & Air, has urged the mortgage industry...

FRP expands with acquisition of Arc & Co

FRP has strengthened its presence in the real-estate finance market with the acquisition of...

Metro Bank cuts rates and returns to 80% buy-to-let lending

Metro Bank has made further cuts across its residential, near-prime and buy-to-let product ranges,...

Conveybuddy appoints new business development executive

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has appointed Connor Nixon as its new business development executive, strengthening...

PROFILES