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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Don’t rein me in

For many years, major financial institutions and large retailers have understood the benefits of presenting their customers with complementary products alongside their core offering. Banks...

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...

Stability has value: why the latest Bank Base Rate hold matters

The Bank of England's decision to maintain Bank Base Rate (BBR) at 3.75% may not have generated the excitement that often accompanies a rate...

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...

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