First-time buyers

Three new high LTVs deals from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched three new mortgages for borrowers with small deposits. Longer-term...

The Marsden makes widespread fixed rate cuts

The Marsden Building Society has reduced fixed rate mortgages across its full product range...

Barclays extends fixed rate period of Family Springboard Mortgage

Barclays Mortgages has made changes to its Family Springboard Mortgage. Having been first introduced in...

Platform reduces Help to Buy rates

Platform has cut the interest rate of its five-year fixed rate Help to Buy mortgages...

Bank of Mum and Dad lending more than ever

Legal & General has revealed that the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) has...

The politics of the first-time buyer

Who is the party of the first-time buyer?  Is it the Conservatives who, let’s be...

Ipswich exclusive for Legal & General Mortgage Club members

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an exclusive residential offering for its members...

Bank of Mum and Dad works both ways

49% of millennials (23-38 year olds) have provided financial support to their parents, according to...

April first-time buyer completions up 8% year-on-year

UK Finance has published its Mortgage Trends Update for April 2019. There were 27,370 new...

Self-employed make major life changes in bid for property ownership

Online mortgage broker Trussle has reported that 38% self-employed borrowers are making what it...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts five-year 95% LTV mortgages

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on its five-year 95% LTV mortgages by up to...

Millennials are less job mobile

New research has found that higher rents are reducing the financial gains from moving...

Mortgage market unaffected by slowdown in property sector

The latest Mortgage Monitor from E.surv found that there were 65,801 residential mortgages approved...

Homeownership a pipedream for half of employees

47% of non-homeowning employees in the UK don’t believe they will ever be able...

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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...

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...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

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Aldermore unveils new limited edition five-year BTL products

Aldermore has launched a pair of limited edition five-year buy-to-let mortgages for landlords, with...

AMI calls on advisers to take part in protection survey

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has launched its annual survey of mortgage and...

Broker confidence holds steady as mortgage market cools

Confidence among mortgage brokers held firm in the second quarter of the year despite...

The Suffolk cuts expat mortgage rates amid rising demand

Suffolk Building Society has cut rates across its expat mortgage range, with reductions of...