First-time buyers

81% of total Help to Buy equity loans to first-time buyers

Latest MHCLG Help to Buy statistics show that oer the period since the launch...

Year-on-year declines in first-time buyer and homemover activity

UK Finance has reported that there were 34,900 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Vida offers brokers chance to help their local community

Vida Homeloans is marking the launch of its Helping Hand mortgage, the first Joint...

Plans to move home fall 25% following Bank Rate rise

The proportion of British adults planning a house move in the next six months...

First time buyers ‘sacrificing health, relationships and careers’

Aldermore's latest First Time Buyer Index research has found that first time homeowners are feeling increasingly...

First-time buyer numbers reach highest for a decade

First-time buyers have seen a 21% rise in property prices over the last ten...

First-time buyer uncertainty over stamp duty changes

31% of first-time buyers don’t know if the stamp duty abolition will benefit them...

CPRE fears ‘strategic shrinking’ of the Green Belt

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has wanted that the Green Belt is under...

Stamp duty cut “saved £284 million”

The Treasury has claimed that over the next five years, the cut in stamp...

The Skipton urges Lifetime ISA reprieve

The Skipton Building Society has called on the government to ignore the Treasury Select...

Improvement in first-time buyer product choice

The latest findings from the quarterly AmTrust Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker show...

Number of first-time buyers outstrip house movers

The latest Lloyds Bank Homemover Review has revealed that the number of people moving...

L&G to distribute the Marsden’s Family Step range

The Marsden Building Society has teamed up exclusively with Legal and General to offer...

Yorkshire the top location for small deposit borrowers

E.surv has reported that the stable performance of the UK mortgage market during May...

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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...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Clydesdale Bank cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is making widespread reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges this...

Quantum Mortgages appoints new BDMs

Quantum Mortgages has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of two new business...

Next Intelligence adds National Friendly to refreshed protection panel

Next Intelligence has announced a refresh of its protection panel with the addition of...

House prices post strongest rise in over a year as rental growth cools

UK house prices recorded their fastest annual growth in more than a year in...