Help to Buy

20% of Help to Buy deals not taken out by FTBs

The government has revealed that since the launch of the Help to Buy equity...

Rates down and product numbers up for FTBs

The number of first time buyer products available is on the rise, and mortgage...

The Teachers’ Help to Buy now available for remortgage

The Teachers Building Society has widened the availability of its Help to Buy mortgage,...

Aldermore celebrates sixth birthday

Aldermore is celebrating six years in business. The lender was founded during the economic downturn...

‘Ideal’ policy package for young people established

The housing policies proposed by the political parties over the last few months have...

Shortage of stock cited as largest market stumbling block

The housing market is being constrained by a shortage of houses for sale, according...

Building homes has to be the government’s priority

You might not think it possible but there will probably be more words written...

Once in a lifetime change in housing market?

The mood (unsurprisingly) was almost overwhelmingly positive at the recent post-Election Great Housing Debate...

New Help to Buy deals from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has launched two new remortgage products for homeowners who bought their...

Annual Help to Buy repayments £180 cheaper than renting

Latest data suggests that first-time buyers who have used the Help to Buy mortgage...

Aldermore moves into Help to Buy: equity loan space

Aldermore has launched a Help to Buy: equity loan scheme through a group of...

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has reduced rates on its 95% LTV two-year fixed Help to Buy mortgage...

It’s the supply, stupid

At the Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) annual lunch on Friday 17 April, the...

HSBC launches sub-1.99% five-year fix

HSBC is launching a five-year fix below 2% on Monday 20 April. It is available at...
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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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