First-time buyers

Promise Money partners with Ahauz

Ahauz, which provides an equity loan to first-time buyers, has announced a partnership with...

The Nottingham improves first-time buyer no-fee deal

The Nottingham has announced rate reductions to its no-fee five-year fixed 95% LTV mortgage...

Saffron revamps offering and urges: ‘let’s get them home’

The Saffron Building Society has launched a new campaign - ‘Let’s get them home’...

Leeds BS gives green support to 95% mortgages

Leeds Building Society is allowing homebuyers to offset the carbon footprint of their property...

Proportunity hires its first national account manager

Matt Surridge has joined Proportunity as national account manager. Surridge (pictured, left) joins Proportunity from fintech...

Newcastle BS completes first Deposit Unlock deals

Newcastle Building Society has announced the first completions in the UK under the industry-led...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves affordability

Newcastle Intermediaries has updated its lending criteria to improve affordability for customers looking to...

Push positive first-time buyer messages out there

Prospective first-time buyers might look at the current housing market situation and wonder if...

Pepper Money moves into Help to Buy

Pepper Money has introduced a range of Help to Buy products, forming part of...

Finova adds Metro Bank to panel

Metro Bank has joined the lending panel of finova Payment & Mortgage Services, previously...

New deals and rate cuts from the Mansfield

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates on seven existing mortgage products and added two...

Paradigm boosts lender panel with Clydesdale appointment

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Clydesdale Bank to its lender panel. From today, member firms...

Generation Home partners with Twenty7Tec

A new mortgage lender, Generation Home, has partnered with Twenty7Tec, to expand the distribution...

Skipton improves maximum LTVs

Skipton Building Society is introducing policy changes designed to help low deposit mortgage customers...

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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