New build

Property professionals want Budget boost for new build and FTBs

A webinar poll undertaken by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that over a...

Skipton BS improves new build lending policy

Skipton Building Society has made changes to its lending policy for new build flats...

New build solutions in a challenging market

New build properties are an attractive proposition for many borrowers, whether they are a...

New partnership for New Homes Mortgages

Specialist new build brokers, New Homes Mortgages, is partnering with IMAC NE to further...

Newcastle Intermediaries extends offer validity period to six months

Newcastle Intermediaries has increased its offer validity period to six months. Following feedback from brokers,...

Deficit of at least 600,000 new homes in England

England built up a shortfall of at least 600,000 homes from 2011-2021 after population...

Iress MSO to support new affordable home ownership schemes

Iress has announced that its MSO software is now fully enabled to support the...

Berkeley Group signs up to Own New mortgage scheme

Own New has announced Berkeley Group as the latest housing developer to sign up...

Pivotal Growth acquires RSC New Homes Limited and Group First

Pivotal Growth has acquired RSC New Homes and Group First, the holding company for...

Atom bank cuts two and five-year rates

Atom bank is reducing the rates across a number of its mortgage products, with...

LSL to host 2022 New Homes Forum

LSL is hosting its New Homes Forum on Wednesday 23 November at the Coventry...

25% rise in new home registrations during Q1

UK new home registrations increased by 25% in the first quarter of 2022 compared...

Skipton introduces new build helpdesk for brokers

Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries has launched a new build helpdesk so brokers can...

The Mortgage Lender hires head of specialist distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has recruited Chris Kirby as head of specialist distribution and...

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

First-time buyer affordability remains strained despite narrowing house price gap

Only 12.1% of potential first-time buyers can afford the average starter home in their...

Royal London targets GP report delays with digital service

Royal London is expanding its use of digital medical evidence in an effort to...

Equifinance names Jackie Burchill as lending operations director

Equifinance has appointed Jackie Burchill as director of lending operations as the second charge...

House price-to-income ratio falls to 11-year low as mortgage costs rise

The gap between UK house prices and earnings has narrowed to its lowest level...

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