First-time buyers

Skipton to launch new five-year mortgage range

Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of five-year fixed rate mortgages...

OnLadder appoints pre-launch consultant

OnLadder has announced the appointment of James Bishop as a consultant to the business. ...

Remove LTI limit to aid FTB affordability

The removal of the Loan to Income (LTI) flow limit is one measure that...

Stamp duty bill for average-priced home in England is now £5,579

Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts hit £10.6bn in the first eight months of the...

Hinckley & Rugby reprices JBSP and later life mortgages

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has announced simplifications across its product range, aimed at...

How intergenerational mortgages could help FTBs

20 years ago it was fairly commonplace to buy your first home when you...

Reliance Bank revamps mortgage proposition

Reliance Bank has refreshed its mortgage product range and maintained cashback incentives for key...

Borrowers consider green mortgages amid rising energy bills

In July, searches for mortgages which consider a property’s EPC rating grew by 34%,...

Busy beginning to August for mortgage activity

Twenty7Tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for August 2022. The...

Paradigm adds Even to panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the appointment of Even to its lender panel. Paradigm...

Intergenerational lending will only become more prominent

Over the course of the last couple of decades, stagnant wages and rising house...

Mortgage affordability falls to lowest level this year

Mortgage affordability has dropped to its lowest level in 2022, according to the latest...

Connect for Intermediaries partners with ‘rent-to-own’ specialist

Connect Network has partnered with rent-to-own specialist, Keyzy. Keyzy enables people to move into...

Generation Home becomes IMLA member

Generation Home has become the latest member to join the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

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...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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