First-time buyers

Almost half of renters think they’ll never own a home

45% of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according...

E.surv: mortgage approvals hold steady

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv found that there were 65,922 residential mortgages approved...

How London renters could save £40k in two years

Using Shared Ownership to buy a share of a property rather than renting could...

Wannabe first-time buyers reveal biggest obstacles

29% of prospective first time buyers say that getting on the property ladder is...

Tenants won’t sacrifice commuting time for foot on the ladder

76% of tenants in the UK would consider buying a property, but not at...

FTB numbers rise despite pessimism about home ownership

Halifax has reported that 43% of Britons who currently rent or live at home...

Women more affected by barriers to home ownership

Women in the UK are more likely to have dreamt about homeownership than men,...

Estate agents expect first-time buyer sales growth to continue

NAEA Propertymark has reported that the number of sales made to first-time buyers increased...

New Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has introduced its new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor proposition for...

Women choose deposits over weddings

Just 4% of women in the would choose to spend money on a wedding...

Self-employed borrowers more conservative than first-time buyers

Homeowners were borrowing more in the second quarter of 2019, according to new research...

Slight uptick in residential mortgages approvals: e.surv

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor have revealed that there were 65,997 residential mortgages approved during...

FTB completions at highest monthly level since August 2007

UK Finance has revealed that there were 35,010 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

New Help to Buy deals from Vida Homeloans

Vida Homeloans has refreshed its Help to Buy products. These updates follow the launch of...
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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...
House prices

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...
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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...
Shariah property finance

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...

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