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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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...

AI for brokers: the three lines you should never cross

Most AI advice aimed at advisers is either breathless hype or vague caution. Here is something you can actually act on: a practical way...

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