First-time buyers

The Nottingham makes further fixed rate mortgage cuts

Despite reducing rates in August across its group of two and five-year fixed residential...

The Ipswich relaunches shared ownership mortgages

The Ipswich Building Society has re-entered the shared ownership mortgage market with new fixed...

Darlington BS welcomes NE First Home pilot

Darlington Building Society (DBS) has become involved in the government’s First Home scheme, designed...

Family BS revamps residential mortgage range

The Family Building Society has given its mortgage product offering for new business a...

Metro Bank ups maximum new build LTV

Metro Bank has increased its maximum LTV for new build flats and houses to...

Accord improves residential range with rate cuts

Accord Mortgages is making a number of changes to its residential mortgage offering, with...

Equity loan provider sets sights on first-time buyer market

Mortgage lender Ahauz has launched today and will will lend first-time buyers an equity loan...

MBT Affordability provides Proportunity integration

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with mortgage lender...

NatWest cuts rates by up to 84bps

NatWest has made a series of changes across its product portfolio for both new...

Dudley BS replaces 5-year fixed range with single 95% product

The Dudley Building Society has simplified its fixed rate product range by replacing it...

Wayhome begins property buying process

'Gradual homeownership' provider, Wayhome, has started buying homes after closing the initial phase of...

The Leeds receives First Homes scheme’s first application

The Leeds Building Society has received the first mortgage application under the government’s new...

The Skipton to offer 95% LTV on new builds

The Skipton Building Society is to enter the 95% loan to value new build...

Proportunity appoints head of intermediary partnerships

Paul Lewis has been appointed by Proportunity as its new head of intermediary partnerships. His...

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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