Help to Buy

Halifax unveils 1% cashback offer

The Halifax has launched a 1% cashback offer for first time buyers and home...

Little knowledge in UK of Help to Buy ISA

Latest research suggests that many in UK are still unaware of the assistance available...

What was missing from the Budget

This article, as they say in the world of TV, is a two-parter. In...

Santander improves Help to Buy ISA rate

Santander’s new Help to Buy ISA rate is now available from today. The Help to Buy ISA, launched...

New chair for CML Scotland

Carol Anderson has been appointed new chair of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in...

Call for introduction of Help to Buy pensions

NFU Mutual has said that people struggling to get on the property ladder could...

20% annual rise in gross purchase advances

The Bank of England says the proportion of lending for house purchase in the...

The Skipton unveils Help to Buy London & Scotland ranges

The Skipton Building Society has introduced new product ranges for both the Help to Buy...

Halifax Intermediaries reduces FTB and homemover rates

Halifax Intermediaries has cut the rates on its first time buyer and home mover mortgages by...

FTBs still better off buying than renting

UK first-time buyers are on average 10% (£865) a year better off with their...

Precise Mortgages’ MCD upgrade is completed

DPR Consulting has completed a systems upgrade for Precise Mortgages. The update provides compliance with...

CML: gross lending to steadily increase over next 24 months

In December 2015 first-time buyers borrowed £4.5bn for home-owner house purchase, up 7% on...

First Help to Buy ISA completion for the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has seen the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy...

Aldermore enters HTB London scheme

Aldermore has launched a London Help to Buy mortgage. Under the scheme, the Bank...
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COMMENT

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of leasehold and how the government’s revitalised commonhold will fix all...

Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated Home Buying and Selling Reform Roadmap, representing the most aggressive...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

If you motivate an idiot you just get stupid things done quicker

There's a lot of excitement about artificial intelligence in the mortgage industry right now. Nearly nine in 10 mortgage brokers want technology to play...

Latest news

Trackers

Family Building Society launches BoE tracker mortgages

Family Building Society has launched a new range of Bank of England tracker mortgages...
Repricing

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works has reduced buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points...
Repricing

Nationwide cuts mortgage rates for third time this month

Nationwide Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across...
networks

TRM Network promotes Amy Wilson to new propositions role

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has promoted Amy Wilson to the newly created...

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