New build

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...

Kensington launches limited company BTL offering

Kensington Mortgages is now offering mortgages for limited company buy-to-let customers. The new offering to...

New 90% LTV new build deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has unveiled a range of new build mortgage products. It has also changed...

Barclays Green Home Mortgage to launch next week

Barclays Mortgages has announced the launch of the Barclays Green Home Mortgage, available to...

LSL subsidiary invests £2.5m in RSC New Homes

Your-move.co.uk Limited, a member of the LSL Property Services plc (LSL) group of companies...

TML removes credit score cascade

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has made a number of changes to its product offering. It...

New deals from the Skipton BS

The Skipton Building Society has revised rates across a number of mortgage products with...

Legal & General Mortgage Club events calendar published

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced its 2018 calendar of events. The half...

Consumer Code for New Homes formally approved

The Consumer Code for New Homes (CCNH) has celebrated its formal approval by the...

22% fall in new build registrations year-on-year

HM Land Registry received more than 97,000 sales of land and property in England...

Bank of Ireland UK launches new build pilot

Bank of Ireland UK has announced the launch of an exclusive new build pilot...

The Leeds improves new build criteria

The Leeds Building Society has made changes to its new build criteria by widening the range...

Third anniversary for L&G’s new build club

Legal & General New Build Club is celebrating its third anniversary. Launched early in 2014,...

COMMENT

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

Target Group has launched an AI Champion programme to encourage the responsible use of...

Employment history rises up brokers’ mortgage search agenda

Employment history became a more pressing concern for mortgage brokers in July as changing...

Half of homes taking longer to sell as regional divide widens

Homes in almost half of Great Britain’s local authority areas are taking longer to...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested...

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