New build

Barclays unveils zero fee new build deals

Barclays is making changes across its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges. New products will launch...

PMS and Sesame seek to expand new build adviser support

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are aiming to boost their support for advisers...

Why Help to Buy remains invaluable

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

Kensington Mortgages improves new build service proposition

Kensington Mortgages has revamped its service promise for all new build mortgage products across...

Accord Mortgages introduces revised new build proposition

Accord Mortgages is rolling out a new approach to new-build lending to all brokers. The...

Vida unveils new build and ‘speedy remortgage’ propositions

Vida Homeloans has made changes to its new build proposition, as well as introducing...

Kent Reliance revises new build proposition

Kent Reliance has made important changes to its mortgage criteria including reducing minimum loan...

3mc launches Help to Buy exclusives with Precise Mortgages

3mc has launched a range of exclusive Help to Buy products with Precise Mortgages. The...

Bank of Ireland UK extends new build to all brokers

Bank of Ireland UK is rolling out its new build proposition following a pilot. New...

The Hanley Economic extends 95% LTV new build offering

The Hanley Economic Building Society has extended the LTV on new build houses and...

Skipton extends new build mortgage offers

The Skipton Building Society is extending the term for new build mortgage offers. The mutual...

The Leeds improves new build service offering

The Leeds Building Society is improving its service for new build home buyers and...

Expect further market growth in new build

Historically speaking, the words new build have been somewhat divisive within both consumer and...

Secure Trust Bank extends new build offer period

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has increased its offer period for customers buying a new...

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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