First-time buyers

The Buckinghamshire enhances Family Assist range

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has expanded its Family Assist product range to include discount...

Progressive BS joins Knowledge Bank

The Progressive Building Society has added its criteria to the Knowledge Bank platform. Knowledge Bank...

The Ipswich to pull 90% LTV 2.79% discount deal

The Ipswich Building Society is to withdraw its 90% LTV 2.79% discount mortgage for...

YBS unveils 90% first-time buyer deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has reintroduced 90% loan to value (LTV) products exclusively for...

Platform relaunches 90% LTV offering

From Monday 29 June, Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, will offer...

Help to Buy back and LTVs up to 85% at Platform

Platform is reintroducing its Help to Buy mortgage range and also making mortgages of...

FHL ups LTVs and adds new five-year deals

Foundation Home Loans has increased its maximum residential loan to value (LTV) from 75%...

Nationwide to cut maximum LTVs

The Nationwide Building Society is lowering the maximum loan to value (LTV) amount that...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV with FTB exclusives

Accord Mortgages is to offer 90% loan to value (LTV) products from 9am on...

Coventry for Intermediaries launches limited tranche of 90% LTV products

Coventry for intermediaries is introducing a limited tranche of business at 90% LTV. The provider...

The Ipswich withdraws 90% LTV products

Citing "unprecedented demand", the Ipswich Building Society is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV two...

Coventry for Intermediaries to launch 90% LTV deals

Coventry for intermediaries has stated that it will introduce two five-year fixed 90% LTV...

Virgin Money becomes latest lender to withdraw 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV purchase, remortgage and new build products. It said...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

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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