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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Conveyancing

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...

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...

Hobson’s Choice: Which root canal treatment would you prefer, Sir?

Now that Andy Pandy from ‘oop norf’ is de facto the Prime Minister elect and will shortly be choosing the colour scheme of No...

Buy-to-let: reality versus a much-peddled narrative

Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...

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Gen H and Just Mortgages tool to help shared ownership borrowers move to full ownership

Just Mortgages and Gen H have introduced a new calculator designed to help shared...
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Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

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More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated...
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Mortgage rates have surged since Brexit vote, says L&C

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in the decade since the UK voted...

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