Help to Buy

The Leeds launches 2.45% Help to Buy deal

Leeds Building Society has announced the re-launch of its mortgage product which...

The Hanley chooses Genworth over Help to Buy 2

Genworth, the provider of mortgage insurance products to lenders in the UK, has revealed...

Mortgage Brain offers Help to Buy filter

Mortgage Brain has introduced a Help to Buy Guarantee scheme filter to enable brokers...

RICS unveils free guides for home buyers and sellers

RICS has launched a set of free, consumer-friendly guides to help buyers and sellers...

Widespread confusion surrounds Help to Buy

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has found that there is confusion over the government’s...

Genworth reveals Help to Buy alternative

Genworth has provided details of its private alternative to the Government’s ‘Help to Buy’...

Record low for three-year fixes

Three year fixed rates for mortgage products reached a record low of 3.92% in...

Your Help to Buy responsibilities

The government’s Help to Buy scheme hit the headlines again earlier this month following...

Santander confirms HTB2 participation

Santander has become the latest lender to back the government's Help to Buy Mortgage...

TUC criticises Help to Buy

TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady has become the latest person to criticise the government's...

Government reveals HTB new build reservation levels

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme has seen over 15,000 reservations for new...

Gocompare.com warns first time buyers over Help to Buy

Price comparison website Gocompare.com has urged first time buyers to think carefully before jumping...

HTB2: HSBC to sell products on advised-basis in branch

HSBC has become the latest lender to confirm participation in the Help to Buy...

HTB2: NatWest IS confirms participation

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be participating in the new Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

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...

Advice boosts women’s confidence in long-term financial planning

Women are more likely to manage household finances than longer-term wealth decisions, although financial...

More questions now surround the home moving digital journey

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published its highly anticipated...

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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