Help to Buy

Many HTB hopefuls ill-prepared

39% of 20 to 40-year-olds are planning to apply to the government’s Help to...

The H&R slashes rate on 95% LTV deal

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rate on its 95% Loan...

Barclays’ HTB2 offering launches next week

Barclays has published details of its products which will go live on Tuesday 21 January...

November lending more muted than previous month

The total number of loans advanced to home-owners for house purchase decreased in November,...

Large number of mortgage seekers ignorant of HTB

38% of consumers seeking a mortgage this year know nothing about the government’s Help...

New HTB2 deals from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching two new mortgage deals tomorrow to support the Help...

Brokers worry Help to Buy could cause longer term trouble

49% of brokers responding to a survey from United Trust Bank believe that...

New HTB deal from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society is now offering a new mortgage product which can be used...

‘Electric’ growth for home lending in H2 2013

December turned out to be the best month for home lending in six years,...

Post Office to offer Help to Buy mortgages

Post Office has signalled its intention to join the government’s Help to Buy Scheme...

Santander enters HTB2 marketplace

Santander is launching tomorrow (9 January) a range of Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee...

NatWest to offer Help to Buy deals next week

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has confirmed that the launch date for its Help to Buy:...

January launch for NatWest IS’s Help to Buy 2 deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has revealed it will be launching its Help to Buy: mortgage...

Great enthusiasm for low deposit deals

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that 40% of UK adults are planning...

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What the agents say: 2026 housing market predictions

Next year should be a year of steady progress for the housing market. After a challenging 2025 where we saw little to no house...

Graham McClelland on Britain’s broken mortgage market

When Graham McClelland, the youthful and quietly intense chief executive of Gen H, arrived at the City of London office of the fast-growing mortgage...

Younger consumers are ready for protection. So why aren’t we reaching them?

For years, the protection market has assumed that younger adults are less engaged with financial risk planning. Yet the latest findings from Bruised Britain...

The buy-to-let market continues to defy expectations

Perception and reality are often mistaken for one another. That is especially true in the buy-to-let market, where sentiment frequently diverges from what is...

Advisers are missing a clear chance to help clients with survey advice

For years, advisers have often seen surveys as something outside their core work. Some did not know enough about them. Some were unsure how...

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MPs launch inquiry into OBR’s first 15 years

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry to reflect on the Office for Budget...

Atom backs investor’s move into commercial property with £3m warehouse loan

Atom bank has completed a £3 million commercial mortgage to support an established residential...

CHL Mortgages widens upper LTV range with new fixed-rate options

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has expanded its upper loan-to-value range with a series of...

Swansea Building Society expands West Wales leadership remit

Swansea Building Society has promoted Sioned Jones to area manager, West Wales, with effect...

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