Help to Buy

First-time buyer confidence remains high

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for May 2019 has revealed that there were 30,720 new...

Significant changes seen in first-time buyer profiles

Accord Mortgages has revealed that while in 2007, prior to the economic downturn, 46%...

Platform makes widespread fixed rate reductions

Platform has reduced interest rates across a range of mortgage products, with some mortgages...

IMLA backs government proposals over new build leaseholds

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has welcomed changes proposed by the government to...

Platform reduces Help to Buy rates

Platform has cut the interest rate of its five-year fixed rate Help to Buy mortgages...

The Mortgage Lender reduces residential rates

The Mortgage Lender has cut its two-year residential fixed rates to include a 2.65%...

Barclays to cut Scotland Help to Buy rates

Barclays Mortgages is making changes to its Scotland Help to Buy products on 31 May. As...

Plan Help to Buy alternatives, advisers told

TMA Club is calling on advisers to start talking to those clients who are...

Brokers increasingly searching for where lenders will lend

Lending in Wales and Scotland were amongst top five criteria searches for the first...

The Teacher’s BS joins TMA lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of the Teacher’s Building Society to its lender...

Newcastle Intermediaries extends new build offer period

Newcastle Intermediaries is extending its new build offer validity period from six to nine...

Precise Mortgages expands its Help to Buy proposition

Precise Mortgages has extended its Help to Buy range to include Help to Buy Scotland...

Platform cuts 95% LTV rates

Platform is cutting interest rates on its 95% LTV mortgage range by up to 0.15...

Why Help to Buy remains invaluable

The Help to Buy scheme continues to grab the headlines, mainly for the right...

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What is the Protection Claims Charter – and how does it work?

The moment of truth for any insurance product is at point of claim. Insurers have been publishing claims statistics for almost two decades now, highlighting...

Affordability reforms, housing ambition and the uncomfortable PRS truth

Let’s be clear: the FCA’s recent Discussion Paper (DP25/2) isn’t necessarily about buy-to-let lending. At least, not directly. It’s framed as a review of how...

Broker proactivity can ease path back to prime

One of the lessons we’ve taken from the ever rising levels of interest in our near prime range recently is that brokers are seeing...

Self-employment: A career not a complication

There’s a persistent myth in the market that self-employed borrowers are a high-risk, hard-to-place category. But some lenders see things differently. Whether it’s a dentist...

We need to look again at two-year swaps…

Over the last 12 months, we’ve seen three notable things happen in the swaps market and interest rates in general. Firstly and obviously, rates have...

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Catalyst Property Finance acquired by Foundation’s sister company

Specialist lender Catalyst Property Finance has been acquired by The FHL Group, the sister...

Housing crisis deepens as supply falls and affordability worsens

The UK housing crisis is worsening, with affordability pressures mounting and housing supply stalling,...

Clydesdale Bank eases criteria for self-employed mortgage applicants

Clydesdale Bank is set to introduce a series of changes to its mortgage criteria...

Newcastle trims large loan mortgage rates

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 0.30% across its large...