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...

COMMENT

Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by family, friends and the usual mix of conversation. Among the...

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Latest news

Family Building Society cuts minimum property value to £75k

Family Building Society has lowered its minimum property value from £120,000 to £75,000 across...

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

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