First-time buyers

Mortgage approvals in March up on previous month

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv shows that the Yorkshire market is the most...

Barclays changes Green Home Mortgage rates

Barclays has made changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward range products. It has also...

Rate differential between 75% and 95% LTV products grows

Average mortgage interest rates have been continuing to fall this year, but the mortgage...

Platform announces higher LTV rate cuts

Platform has cut two and five-year fixed rates on select 85 and 90% LTV...

Post Office offers new deals for FTBs & their parents

Post Office has introduced a range of new mortgages for first-time buyers and their...

The Leeds offers fee-free 95% LTV mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has added a 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage to...

Help to Buy extended in Scotland

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme will be extended beyond 2019.  From April 2019, a...

Platform unveils Help to Buy mortgage range

Platform is to offer a range of Help to Buy mortgages to broker partners from Monday,...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

18 FTBs a week being helped via equity release

Retirement Advantage has estimated that 18 first time buyers a week took a step...

FTB enthusiasm for advice doesn’t extend to home insurance

While a record number of first time buyers are using intermediaries to arrange mortgages,...

Small fall in mortgage approval numbers

E.surv has reported that February's mortgage approvals were 1.25% lower than in January 2018...

Halifax unveils £750 cashback offer

Halifax is offering £750 cashback to first time buyers, home movers and those who...
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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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Reeves mulls Capital Gains Tax on high-value homes as Treasury seeks £40bn

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering ending the capital gains tax (CGT) exemption on high-value...
Buy-to-let

Landbay unveils new free valuation options and cuts rates on two-year fixes

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has expanded its Summer Special range with the launch of four...
affordability

Commuter hotspots offer affordability lifeline as office returns pick up

With more employees heading back into the office commuting is once again shaping homebuying...
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Heather Small and Bootleg Beatles to headline first Sort Ball in Manchester

Heather Small and The Bootleg Beatles have been announced as the headline performers for...

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