Shared ownership

£1 billion lost annually as 50,000 London social homes used fraudulently

A shocking new report reveals that around 50,000 social housing properties in London are...

Loughborough Building Society partners with Finance Advice Club

Loughborough Building Society is expanding its intermediary distribution with its new partnership with Finance...

KRFI unveils new limited edition shared ownership range

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of OSB Group, has introduced a new limited...

Access FS appoints West Brom Building Society to lender panel

Access Financial Services has appointed West Brom Building Society to its mortgage panel. This means...

Hanley Economic BS unveils weekly case discussion forum for brokers

Hanley Economic Building Society has introduced a new feature aimed at simplifying the application...

Virgin Money introduces new fee-saver mortgages

Virgin Money is adding new mortgage products and withdrawing existing deals. The lender is making...

NatWest cuts rates and extends end dates

NatWest is making changes to its New Business, Existing Customer, and Additional Borrowing (ADBO)...

Together products now on The Right Mortgage panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has Together to its lender panel. This means the...

Hanley Economic BS expands shared ownership offering

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a fee-free two-year fixed rate shared ownership mortgage. ...

Skipton BS to launch 12 new 80% LTV deals

Skipton Building Society is launching 12 new 80% loan to value (LTV) residential products...

Mansfield BS adds new fixed rates to range

Mansfield Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.70% across its fixed rate...

Top barriers to homeownership revealed

New research from Bluestone Mortgages has revealed the leading barriers to homeownership. For 37% of...

Skipton adds shared ownership option to Track Record mortgage

Skipton Building Society is enhancing and extending the borrowing policy of its Track Record...

TML unveils residential and BTL rate cuts

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has made a number of rate reductions across its residential...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Latest news

PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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