First-time buyers

Atom bank cuts higher LTV rates

Atom bank has cut its 90% and 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage rates by...

Foundation Home Loans improves first-time buyer access

Foundation Home Loans has revised its residential product range in a move designed to...

Newcastle Intermediaries rejoins high LTV mortgage market

Newcastle Intermediaries is re-entering the high LTV mortgage market sector with a number of...

Darlington Intermediaries extends 90% LTV nationally

Darlington Intermediaries is making its 90% loan to value (LTV) mortgage available nationally. Since the...

First Homes scheme launches with 30% discount

The government's First Homes scheme has launched today, with discounted houses for local people...

Atom bank cuts 90% and 95% LTV mortgages

Atom bank has reduced its 90% and 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgages rate...

NatWest IS unveils Mortgage Guarantee Scheme deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching new Mortgage Guarantee Scheme products for intermediaries. The new scheme allows...

The Harpenden launches new JBSP mortgage

The Harpenden Building Society has unveiled a new range of Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor...

Beverley BS to re-enter 95% LTV market

The Beverley Building Society is launching a two-year, fixed-rate deal at 3.85% at 95% loan...

Coventry for Intermediaries unveils new 95% LTV two-year fix

Coventry for Intermediaries has added to its 95% LTV range with a new two-year...

Accord Mortgages reviews residential offering

Accord Mortgages is revising its residential mortgage range this week. The intermediary-only lender is changing...

Accord to offer new build up to 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is revising its higher loan to value (LTV) mortgage offering to include...

The Nottingham cuts 95% LTV five-year fix by 20bps

The Nottingham has reduced the rate on its 95% LTV five-year fixed product from...

Covid-19 changes first time buyer priorities

First time buyers have incurred significant costs from house purchases falling through, alongside the...

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...

Latest news

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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