First-time buyers

Finova adds Earl Shilton BS to lender panel

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced a new partnership with Earl Shilton Building...

New build solutions in a challenging market

New build properties are an attractive proposition for many borrowers, whether they are a...

Green home improvement products key for younger buyers

Coventry for intermediaries has found that there is a defined generational difference in attitude...

BoMaD consider equity release as means for children to buy a home

Parents are turning to lifetime mortgages to help their children buy a home, as...

Twenty7tec adds Cumberland BS to SOURCE

Twenty7tec has announced the addition of the Cumberland Building Society to its SOURCE module. The...

Helping FTBs overcome the affordability hurdle in testing times

The challenges faced by first-time buyers (FTBs) have been well-documented over the years. Issues...

Suffolk Building Society re-enters shared ownership market

Suffolk Building Society has moved back into the shared ownership market, with a new...

Gen H launches with Experian Score Boost

Gen H will include Experian’s Score Boost data in its credit decisioning in a...

Gen H reduces rates by up to 50 bps

Gen H has launched another round of rate cuts with new sub-5% LTV products. The...

FTBs turning to friends and family rather than brokers for advice

First-time buyers aged 18 to 34, are primarily relying on advice from family and...

Perenna unveils 40-year 95% LTV FTB mortgage

Perenna has opened up its flexible long-term fixed rate product, known as the Perenna...

LendInvest Mortgages provides offer in four days for Key Worker FTB

LendInvest Mortgages has delivered a mortgage offer in four days for a Key Worker...

Mansfield BS launches affordability-friendly 95% LTV deal

Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a new five-year fixed rate mortgage, available up to...

StrideUp reduces rates and improves criteria

StrideUp has cut its rates on both two and five-year fixed rates by 80bps...

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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