First-time buyers

Newcastle BS improves Deposit Unlock offering 

Newcastle Building Society, which was the first lender to support the Deposit Unlock scheme,...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% LTV product range, including a reduction...

Better FTB options behind improvement in affordability

Mortgage affordability reached a high for the year in September, with the average maximum...

We need more competition in 95% LTV marketplace

With the stamp duty holiday now over in England and a sense of normality...

Hanley Economic BS expands residential mortgage range

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership...

Deposit Unlock will help low deposit borrowers buy a new build home

A new private sector initiative to help people buy a new build home with...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils new FTB range and policy

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of mortgages for first-time buyers. The range...

AmTrust launches MGA, Qualis Credit Risk

AmTrust International (AI) created a new specialist mortgage and credit Managing General Agent (MGA),...

September fall in 95%+ LTV mortgage searches

Twenty7Tec has published its monthly mortgage market data for September 2021. The mortgage technology...

Bluestone widens Help to Buy availability

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the reopening of its Help to Buy range to the...

First-time buyers are immediately at a disadvantage

The mortgage market is currently seeing some of the most competitive rates in its...

Aldermore improves offering for those with credit blips

Aldermore has reintroduced products and rate reductions in its residential mortgage range to support...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has applied reductions of 0.26 percentage points to its two-year 95% LTV...

United Trust Bank restructures mortgage team

United Trust Bank (UTB) has made changes to its mortgage underwriting team as it...

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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