First-time buyers

Large minority of parents doubt their kids’ financial independence

38% of parents think their children are less financially independent than they were at...

Hanley Intermediaries unveils fee-free 5yr shared ownership mortgage

Hanley Intermediaries has launched a fee-free 3.75% five-year fixed rate shared ownership mortgage up...

Newcastle expands Deposit Unlock range

Newcastle Building Society has updated its Deposit Unlock offering in response to growing customer...

Reliance Bank improves residential mortgage range

Reliance Bank has launched its new residential mortgage product range to both the intermediary...

FTB house prices rising faster than rest of market

The average first-time buyer is spending £223,751 on their first property, according to new analysis...

TMA Club partners with Even

TMA Club has announced a partnership with Even, which provides interest-free equity loans for...

Bluestone opens up Right to Buy availability

Bluestone Mortgages has announced a rate reduction across its product range and has brought...

Mortgage accessibility gulf between old and young

The latest Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) Affordability Index has found that mortgage customers over...

17% rise in JBSP mortgage searches in March

In March, borrowers continued to rely on their loved ones to boost their borrowing...

Tenants struggling to get a mortgage despite no missed rental payments

10% of private renters across the country have been unsuccessful getting a mortgage, yet...

Generation Home appoints commercial director

Generation Home has appointed Pete Dockar as commercial director. He joins from Virgin Money, where...

Bluestone cuts Help to Buy rates

Bluestone Mortgages has reduced rates across its Help to Buy range to support customers...

Trussle: longer mortgages set to eat into pensions

The next generation of homeowners may well be paying off their mortgages into retirement,...

TMA Club partners with the Vernon BS

TMA Club has entered into a partnership with Vernon Building Society, whereby Directly Authorised (DA)...
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COMMENT

networks

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...

Latest news

Buy-to-let

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...
News

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...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

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

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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