First-time buyers

Lenders & housing associations: shared ownership set for growth

Shared ownership is growing but it does not have enough consumer awareness and understanding,...

Significant rise in gifting by mortgage customers aged 50+

Mortgage lender Hodge has reported that, between 2019 and 2021, there was a 30%...

Knowledge Bank adds Proportunity criteria to platform

Shared equity loan provider, Proportunity, has joined forces with Knowledge Bank to make its...

Just Mortgages to hold affordable housing event

Just Mortgages' new build division's inaugural New Build and Affordable Housing Event will take...

Spring Statement ignores affordable housing crisis

A former residential chairman of RICS has criticised the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's lack of...

MBT adds second charge equity loan provider to platform

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with Even, a...

Vernon BS joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Vernon Building Society to its lender panel launching to...

Londoners unhappy with lack of affordable housing

Londoners are the most dissatisfied in the country when it comes to the housing...

2021 first-time buyers numbers up 98% on 2020

The number of first time buyers has doubled over the past year, with 2021...

Just Mortgages to host shared ownership event

Just Mortgages is hosting its first annual New Build and Affordable Housing Event on...

It’s too soon to knock guarantee scheme re-introduction

Last month we had the first government data through regarding its guarantee scheme and...

Interest rate rises threatening renters’ hopes of buying

Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed that 28% of those renting feel increases to the...

More people considering new builds than before

26% of homeowners are more likely to consider purchasing a new-build property compared to...

TMB partners with Proportunity

Mortgage broker The Mortgage Brain (TMB) has teamed up with shared equity loan provider...

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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