Help to Buy

Q3 rebound for Help to Buy completions

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published Help to Buy equity loan statistics for...

Help to Buy legal completion date extended

The government has announced that while Help to Buy will end on 31 March...

NatWest cuts rates for new and existing customers

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making rate reductions across its new and existing customer product...

New Help to Buy fixes from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of Help to Buy products. The range of...

Hep to Buy transition guide published

Accord Mortgages is offering a free to access guide to help brokers and their...

Vida pulls selection of products

Vida has made temporary changes to its product range in order to deal with...

Precise Mortgages cuts buy-to-let rates

Precise Mortgages is cutting rates by up to 0.40 percentage points across its range...

Government extends Help to Buy deadline

The government has extended the deadline for homes to have been finished in order...

First-time buyers still keen on home ownership despite Covid crisis

93% of first-time buyers are still thinking about buying a property in 2020, with...

Help to Buy back and LTVs up to 85% at Platform

Platform is reintroducing its Help to Buy mortgage range and also making mortgages of...

Barclays unveils new Help to Buy offering amid widespread changes

Barclays is making changes to a number of its mortgages. The changes are across its...

Kensington ups LTV to 80% and resumes HTB & buy-to-let

Kensington Mortgages has resumed 80% LTV lending across its residential Select, Core, Young Professional...

Barclays reintroduces large loans and 75% BTL

Barclays Mortgages has made changes across its residential, buy-to-let and reward ranges. The bank is reducing...

Accord increases Help to buy cashback

Accord Residential has cut rates on selected house purchase and remortgage products as well...
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The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

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Later life lending climbs as over-55s borrow deeper into retirement

Lending to older borrowers edged upwards in the second quarter of the year, with...
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Aldermore cuts rates and unveils new limited edition deals

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