Help to Buy

The Dudley unveils post HTB/shared ownership remortgage deal

The Dudley Building Society is introducing a new remortgage product which helps customers consolidate...

Vida Homeloans unveils new Help to Buy range

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new range of Help to Buy specialist mortgage products...

What could a Johnson premiership mean for the housing market?

You get the sense that – however long the Boris Johnson Premiership might last...

PMS and Sesame offer two Help to Buy Kensington exclusives

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched two new Help to Buy exclusives...

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...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Latest news

Landlord portfolios expand as average rental yields reach 7.9%

Professional landlords are continuing to expand their portfolios despite higher mortgage costs, with the...

Rely steps in after lender rejects first-time landlord application

Rely has provided a £160,000 buy-to-let mortgage to a first-time landlord after another lender...

Curvestone AI joins Barclays programme as it targets growth in mortgages and wealth

Curvestone AI has been selected for a four-month Barclays Eagle Labs programme aimed at...

Simplybiz Mortgages and FIBA add six lenders to specialist panel

Simplybiz Mortgages and the Financial Intermediary & Broker Association have expanded their Specialist Property...

PROFILES