First-time buyers

Coventry for Intermediaries to re-enter 95% LTV market

Coventry for Intermediaries is to re-enter the 95% LTV market this week, launching new...

Aldermore to offer 95% LTV for limited period

Aldermore has reintroduced its 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering. The 95% LTV products...

Accord cuts higher LTV rates

Accord Mortgages is cutting a number of rates across its 85% and 90% loan...

TSB to offer 95% LTV mortgages next month 

TSB Bank has become to the latest lender to signal a 95% loan to...

The Skipton rejoins 95% LTV mortgage lending space

The Skipton Building Society has launched two new deals as it  re-enters the 95% mortgage...

HSBC cuts rates and extends higher LTV borrowing

HSBC UK has reduced 20 mortgage rates, with cuts of up to 0.1 percentage...

Bank of Ireland moves back into 95% LTV mortgage space

Bank of Ireland UK is returning to the 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage...

New shared ownership mortgage application process unveiled

A new service from Experian and the New Homes Group is promising brokers to have the...

Accord to reintroduce 95% LTV mortgage

Accord Mortgages is to return to the 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage market...

Bucks BS joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services added the Buckinghamshire Building Society to its lender panel. Paradigm member...

Improvement in first-time buyer affordability

The average maximum loan available to first-time buyers recovered in February, according to the...

BUDGET 2021: mortgage guarantee scheme confirmed

Following newspaper headlines over the weekend, the government has confirmed that it will be...

BUDGET 2021: Stamp duty holiday extended

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has confirmed the extension of the Stamp Duty Holiday until...

YBS unveils new first-time buyer deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched two new mortgages exclusively for people taking their...

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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