First-time buyers

Newcastle Intermediaries reduces 90-95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year fixed rate higher LTV products by...

Shared ownership should be rebranded – Just Mortgages

Just Mortgages thinks that the term 'shared ownership' is acting as a barrier to...

Over 676,000 empty homes in England – and rising

To coincide with National Empty Homes Week, which takes place next week, Leeds Building...

Coventry offers 4% saving rate for first-time buyers

Coventry Building Society is offering an interest rate of 4.00% on its First Home...

Iress MSO to support new affordable home ownership schemes

Iress has announced that its MSO software is now fully enabled to support the...

Gen H expands intermediary panel

Generation Home (Gen H) has expanded its intermediary panel with a new partnership with finova...

Berkeley Group signs up to Own New mortgage scheme

Own New has announced Berkeley Group as the latest housing developer to sign up...

IMLA: business as usual on the horizon

The intermediary mortgage market has recovered well from the disruption following the mini-budget in...

First time buyer levels set for new low in 2022

The number of people buying their first home dropped significantly in the first three...

Gen H cuts 5-year rates and adds 3-year deals

Gen H has announced reductions across its five-year product ranges and introduced a new...

Twenty7Tec search records broken last month

Twenty7tec has published its findings based on its mortgage platform data for January 2023. January...

Coventry for Intermediaries improves 90-95% LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced all five-year fixed rates at 90-95% LTV and launched...

Skipton cuts rates across government mortgage schemes

Skipton Building Society has announced rate reductions across its mortgage product suite. From 9am tomorrow...

The big issues that brokers will face in 2023

It’s been a long and, at times, difficult year for the property market and...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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