First-time buyers

Virgin Money withdraws 95% LTV range

Virgin Money has made changes to its product offering. It has withdrawn its highest LTV...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils shared ownership range

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched its shared ownership proposition to the market, introducing a range...

Darlington BS introduces low deposit five-year deals

Darlington Building Society is now offering two low deposit, five-year fixed rate mortgages. The first...

Nottingham BS to provide £600m funding to Gen H

Nottingham Building Society (NBS) and fintech mortgage lender Gen H have agreed a new...

What next for first-time buyers?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about the situation for...

Adverse credit dominates Primis’ Q3 broker queries

Primis Mortgage Network has revealed that the network’s product desk helped appointed representative (AR)...

Skipton tailors new mortgages to first-time buyers

Skipton Building Society is launching a suite of new mortgage products tomorrow (25 October). ...

Consistency remains in mortgage searches

Mortgage criteria searches remained consistent from August to September, according to results from Legal...

Bevan Money completes banking pre-application stage

Bevan Money, which is aiming to become a bank with a focus on providing...

Bucks BS relaunches JBSP and impaired credit products

Buckinghamshire Building Society has relaunched fixed rate options on two of its most popular...

MBT introduces mortgage helpdesk

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has launched a new Mortgage Helpdesk, giving brokers immediate telephone...

OnLadder hires marketing consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of David Swallow as a consultant to the business. ...

L&G calls for industry collaboration over Help to Buy end

Legal & General Mortgage Club is calling on the mortgage industry to work together...

September a record-breaking month for Twenty7Tec searches

Twenty7tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for September 2022. September...

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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