First-time buyers

Q&A: Mark Eaton, April Mortgages

BestAdvice fires the questions at Mark Eaton, chief operating officer, April Mortgages. BestAdvice (BA): You...

Pepper Money cuts rates by up to 20bps

Pepper Money has announced price reductions of 20 basis points (bps) across its complete...

Gen H cuts core and homebuying rates once again

Gen H is cutting rates across its core and homebuying bundle ranges by between...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Meeting ‘modern’ borrowing needs

The complexities associated with assessing variable incomes from self-employment and/or multiple revenue streams have...

Chancellor urged to make Stamp Duty reform a Budget priority

The Coventry Building Society has called for Stamp Duty reform to be made a...

Gen H broadens income booster eligibility

Gen H will now accept nieces, nephews and friends as 'income boosters'. Friends can act...

West One Loans improves residential and second charge product ranges

West One Loans has made key changes to its residential and second charge product...

Buckinghamshire BS sees major later life lending growth

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reported an important rise in the take-up of its later...

Funding 365 introduces new specialist BTL fixed rates

Funding 365 has announced the launch of specialist three and five-year buy-to-let offerings for...

Leeds BS cuts mortgage rates

Leeds Building Society has introduced reductions to selected fixed rate products. Selected residential rates will...

Suffolk BS unveils new 95% LTV shared ownership deal

Suffolk Building Society has launched a new shared ownership 95% LTV five-year fixed mortgage...

IMLA calls for regulatory review into FTB barriers

The cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis reached 3.1m by...

£1bn paid out in Stamp Duty in May

Coventry Building Society has analysed the latest HMRC figures and established that homebuyers paid...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

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Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost?...

MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

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