Help to Buy

Bluestone appoints new build and national account manager

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the appointment of Chris Holcomb as new build and national...

Equity loan provider sets sights on first-time buyer market

Mortgage lender Ahauz has launched today and will will lend first-time buyers an equity loan...

MBT Affordability provides Proportunity integration

Mortgage Broker Tools (MBT) has integrated its MBT Affordability research platform with mortgage lender...

Newcastle Intermediaries introduces new Help to Buy remortgage product

Newcastle Intermediaries has expanded its Help to Buy range, introducing a new Help to...

Fall in ‘furlough friendly’ mortgage searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s SmartrCriteria platform saw 'furlough friendly' mortgage searches fall by...

Proportunity appoints head of intermediary partnerships

Paul Lewis has been appointed by Proportunity as its new head of intermediary partnerships. His...

MCI appoints the Darlington to panel

The Darlington Building Society has joined the lender panel of MCI Mortgage Club. The society...

Platform reintroduces products and reduces rates

Platform has reintroduced a number of mortgage products to reinstate its full range of products. This...

Skipton to launch new mortgages for government help schemes

The Skipton Building Society is launching a series of products linked to Government help...

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...

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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