Help to Buy

Virgin Money passes lending milestone

Virgin Money has revealed its mortgage balances have exceeded the £20 billion mark. Following the...

Home lending falls 17% over past quarter

House purchase lending fell for the third consecutive month in April, as lenders introduced...

The Skipton increases rates on selected products

Skipton Building Society has launched a new residential mortgage range. It includes a variety...

The Leeds unveils 10-year Help to Buy deal

Help to Buy mortgages with an introductory 0% rate and fixed terms up to...

Deposit-raising still main barrier to home-buying

UK households still believe the main barrier to home ownership in the UK is...

NatWest and RBS pass lending milestone

NatWest and RBS have passed the £100 billion mortgage lending mark to UK customers. The...

Lloyds lent £342m under Help to Buy

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit increased 22% to £1.8 billion in the...

Help to Buy is making a difference

Mortgage Advice Bureau says its research shows that Help to Buy equity loans are...

Gross mortgage lending up 4%

Gross mortgage lending was an estimated £15.4 billion in March, according to the Council...

New Help to Buy deal from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has launched a new build Help to Buy product. It is a...

Help to Buy behind Scottish housing market recovery

The housing market in Scotland continues to see prices rise, according to the latest...

Mortgage market needs more innovation

29% of consumers believe that while access to mortgages has broadly improved it is...

House price inflation slows for new builds

New analysis from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that annual growth of new build...

Kensington is to support Forces Help to Buy

Kensington has confirmed it will offer Forces Help to Buy across its complete residential...

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What is the Protection Claims Charter – and how does it work?

The moment of truth for any insurance product is at point of claim. Insurers have been publishing claims statistics for almost two decades now, highlighting...

Affordability reforms, housing ambition and the uncomfortable PRS truth

Let’s be clear: the FCA’s recent Discussion Paper (DP25/2) isn’t necessarily about buy-to-let lending. At least, not directly. It’s framed as a review of how...

Broker proactivity can ease path back to prime

One of the lessons we’ve taken from the ever rising levels of interest in our near prime range recently is that brokers are seeing...

Self-employment: A career not a complication

There’s a persistent myth in the market that self-employed borrowers are a high-risk, hard-to-place category. But some lenders see things differently. Whether it’s a dentist...

We need to look again at two-year swaps…

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen three notable things happen in the swaps market and interest rates in general. Firstly and obviously, rates have...

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Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

Clydesdale Bank eases criteria for self-employed mortgage applicants

Clydesdale Bank is set to introduce a series of changes to its mortgage criteria...

Newcastle trims large loan mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 0.30% across its large...