Help to Buy

HTB1 customers paying a quarter less

Recent data from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that the typical Help to Buy equity...

Nationwide back into Help to Buy market

Nationwide Building Society is resuming access for home movers looking to participate in the...

BoE: increase in proportion of FTB lending

The proportion of lending for house purchase in Q2 2014 was 70.1%, about 3.7...

No let-up in HTB demand for NatWest/RBS

NatWest and RBS say they are continuing to see strong demand from first-time...

FTBs bedrock of Aldermore’s Help to Buy customer base

Following government Help to Buy statistics published today, Aldermore has revealed figures showing that...

CML: Help to Buy “essentially delivering intended objectives”

Combined purchases through the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes have...

High LTV lending recovering

Last month represented the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

Virgin Money introduces ‘Stamp Duty Buster’

Virgin Money has launched a ‘Stamp Duty Buster’ mortgage as part of its Help...

NatWest/RBS increases mortgage market share

NatWest and RBS has reported strong customer demand for help to buy a home,...

Help to Buy behind housebuilding growth

The government has revealed that almost 40,000 households have bought a home through Help...

Lloyds lent one quarter of all FTB mortgages

Lloyds Banking Group says it is ahead of schedule in meeting its first time...

Average deposit grows for fourth successive month

Mortgage Advice Bureau says its latest data show that homebuyers are increasingly taking full...

June FTB transactions up 10% year-on-year

There were 30,000 more first-time buyers getting onto the housing ladder in the first...

Virgin Money removes HTB minimum income requirement

Virgin Money is removing the £30,000 minimum income threshold for mortgage products which make...
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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

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...
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform

With great power comes great responsibility

There has been a huge amount in the press about the “feudal” system of...

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