First-time buyers

Selina Finance joins Legal & General Mortgage Club panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added specialist homeowner loan and Home Equity Line...

Reliance Bank introduces new key worker offering

Reliance Bank is launching a new Key Worker Mortgage range to both the intermediary...

Saffron for Intermediaries reduces raft of mortgage rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced improvements to its product range including its Self-Employed, Contractor,...

Coventry for intermediaries expands 95% LTV range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential rates by up to 36bps, with fixed...

Vida unveils 90% LTV seven-year fix

Vida is expanding its residential product range with a new seven-year fixed rate at...

Gen H further reduces mortgage rates

Gen H has made a second round of rate reductions four working days after...

FTB mortgage lending set to reach £71bn by 2025

The value of the first-time buyer economy, comprised of lending and spending, is set...

Skipton BS cuts over 100 mortgage rates

Skipton Building Society will be lowering over 100 mortgage rates across its product range. From...

It really is harder than ever for first-time buyers

When I hear people of a different generation compare their home-owning journey to that...

First-time buyers leading market activity

Stabilising interest rates are fuelling activity in the mortgage market despite longstanding affordability concerns,...

Reliance Bank offers key worker mortgage cashback incentive

Reliance Bank has launched a new key worker mortgage range to both the intermediary...

Gen H adds Openwork Partnership to panel

Gen H has partnered with the Openwork Partnership. The addition of The Openwork Partnership brings...

Leeds BS cuts rates for first-time buyers and landlords

Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on a range of its mortgages products. The cuts...

Coventry for intermediaries expands 90% product offering

Coventry for intermediaries has introduced new two and three-year fixed rate products at 90%...

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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