First-time buyers

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services partners with interest-free equity loan provider

Finova Payment and Mortgage Services has announced a partnership with equity loan provider, Even. Finova's...

BoE consults over withdrawing mortgage affordability stress test

The Bank of England has issued a consultation over the Financial Policy Committee's (FPC)...

Cost-of-living squeeze having effect on mortgage searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has reported that overall mortgage search volumes by advisers...

The Nottingham unveils new 95% LTV fixes

The Nottingham is targeting first-time buyers with the launch of a pair of new...

New intermediary launches to serve high LTV borrowers

A new independent low deposit mortgage specialist, Home me, has launched to help borrowers...

Suffolk BS unveils new 95% LTV fixes 

Suffolk Building Society has launched two new fixed rate products available up to 95%...

Shared ownership growth happening beyond capital

Leeds Building Society data has indicated that first-time buyers outside the traditional hotspot of...

Affinity Mortgages joins Proportunity broker panel

Affinity Mortgages has been added to the panel of brokers at Proportunity, the shared...

Will ‘Levelling Up’ help first-time buyers?

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper focused heavily on the housing market, specifically looking...

Pepper Money unveils shared ownership proposition to mark

Pepper Money has rolled out its shared ownership offering to the whole market following...

Skipton BS revises shared ownership criteria

Skipton Building Society has made changes to its lending criteria on shared ownership. The lending...

Broker searches for first-time buyers up by 64% last year

Legal & General has revealed the top search trends that have driven activity in...

Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...
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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...

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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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