First-time buyers

Covid: first time buyers more determined than ever

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the resolve of first-time buyers to strengthen, according to...

Mortgage Brain seeing ever increasing ESIS numbers

Mortgage Brain has reported that the number of ESIS generated through its sourcing system...

Accord unveils new limited edition first-time buyer range

Accord Mortgages has launches its third limited release in a month. The first-time buyer home...

The Buckinghamshire offers members 90% LTV deals

The Buckinghamshire Building Society is looking to reward its existing members with the launch...

FTB landlord growth should set alarm bells ringing

With the stamp duty holiday open to additional property purchasers – at least in...

Metro Bank unveils new 90% LTV products

Metro Bank has added 90% LTV five-year fixed rate mortgages to its residential range. The...

New shared ownership & Right to Buy options from the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has relaunch of its shared ownership and Right to Buy...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused 46% of first time buyers to delay their plans...

Shared ownership increasing in popularity

The Leeds Building Society has revealed that wannabe homeowners are turning to shared ownership...

Accord unveils two-day 90% LTV mortgage offer for first-time buyers

Accord Mortgages is to offer another limited release of 90% LTV products for first-time...

August sees fall in ‘affordability gap’

Latest data suggests that the 'affordability gap', where no lender is able to meet...

Moving costs up 8% year-on-year

People are spending an additional £696 each time they move house, on top of...

MBT introduces mortgage affordability index

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a mortgage Affordability Index, to provide brokers and...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV space

Accord Mortgages is moving back into the first-time buyer 90% LTV market for two...

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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...