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...

Aldermore unveils Help to Buy 2 proposition

Aldermore has today launched its Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee range under the government’s...

First-time buyers main benefactors of Help to Buy 2

The second phase of the Help to Buy scheme is benefiting home buyers who...

Virgin Money rolls out Help to Buy deals ahead of schedule

Virgin Money has unveiled new 95% and 90% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgages as...

Aldermore confirms Help to Buy guarantee mortgage launch

Aldermore is to launch its Help to Buy mortgage guarantee range under the Government’s...

Alternative finance trouncing Help to Buy

Despite its coverage in the media, Help to Buy was overshadowed four times over...

Carney: no veto over Help to Buy

The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has confirmed that the Bank...

Welsh Help to Buy to kick off in New Year

The Welsh Government’s Help to Buy equity loan scheme will begin from Thursday 2...

Look beyond Help to Buy, urges Which?

A number of first-time buyers are still relying on financial help to fulfil their...

16% rise in housing starts

The last three months have seen the fastest rate of housebuilding since the crash...

HTB mortgage guarantee takes lion’s share of attention

Mortgage Advice Bureau has reported that the early launch of the Help to Buy...

Shared ownership better option than HTB2 for modest earners

A significant expansion of newly built shared ownership could assist low and modest income...

Coogan: Help to Buy will boost seconds market

Michael Coogan, the former director general of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and...

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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...