First-time buyers

The Ipswich unveils pair of gifted deposit deals

The Ipswich Building Society has introduced two dedicated gifted deposit products, extending its criteria...

Why things are getting worse for first-time buyers

First-time buyers might often wonder what the market is doing on any given week,...

Mortgage approvals in March up on previous month

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv shows that the Yorkshire market is the most...

Barclays changes Green Home Mortgage rates

Barclays has made changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward range products. It has also...

Rate differential between 75% and 95% LTV products grows

Average mortgage interest rates have been continuing to fall this year, but the mortgage...

Platform announces higher LTV rate cuts

Platform has cut two and five-year fixed rates on select 85 and 90% LTV...

Post Office offers new deals for FTBs & their parents

Post Office has introduced a range of new mortgages for first-time buyers and their...

The Leeds offers fee-free 95% LTV mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has added a 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgage to...

Help to Buy extended in Scotland

The Help to Buy (Scotland) scheme will be extended beyond 2019.  From April 2019, a...

Platform unveils Help to Buy mortgage range

Platform is to offer a range of Help to Buy mortgages to broker partners from Monday,...

TSB doubles cashback offering

TSB Bank has increased its cashback offer for home buyers with 85-95% LTV products...

IMLA predicts 2018-19 growth in mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending in 2018 has been predicted to rise for the eighth year...

18 FTBs a week being helped via equity release

Retirement Advantage has estimated that 18 first time buyers a week took a step...

FTB enthusiasm for advice doesn’t extend to home insurance

While a record number of first time buyers are using intermediaries to arrange mortgages,...

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Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

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FCA chief calls for bold reform to build ‘mortgage market of the future’

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out a sweeping vision for a more accessible...

FCS Compliance to host customer due diligence webinar for property professionals

FCS Compliance has announced the latest in its series of free educational webinars for...

BFS backs recruitment firm acquisition with £6.75m funding package

Independent SME funder Bibby Financial Services (BFS) has provided a £6.75 million invoice discounting...

Gen H named among UK’s fastest-growing tech firms in Deloitte Fast 50

Fintech mortgage lender Gen H has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest-growing...

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