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Market estate agency comparison website GetAgent.co.uk recently revealed how the stamp duty holiday has made house prices difficult for the first-time...

Research by an estate agent comparison site has found that the cost of homeownership has climbed by a great margin. GetAgent looked...

Tembo, a London-based FinTech on a mission to transform consumer lending through the power of family, has announced that it has...

New data has found that 89% of mortgage advisers believe first-time buyers need more education on purchasing a property and what...

According to new research from equity adviser Key, the Bank of Gran and Grandad has gifted nearly £1 million a day...

According to new research from Direct Line Life Insurance, 6.3 million Brits would choose marriage over a mortgage. The research also...

Tembo, the ‘next generation’ lending platform, has launched a new approach to family lending for mortgages. The lender offers a range of...

According to new research from estate agents Purplebricks, 43% of today’s first-time buyers (FTBs) have fully funded their own deposit. While...

The Nottingham has unveiled loan-to-value (LTV) limited company buy-to-let (BTL) fixed-rate products. The building society has announced four new two and five-year...

An equity release advisory is reflecting on the shifts in equity release usage and behaviour in the first quarter of 2021. Research...

The UK housing market has boomed over the past year, with buyers and sellers benefitting from recent initiatives. But how have...

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...

Savings made during lockdown have allowed some borrowers to reduce their debt commitments, with a record £17.6 billion of mortgages repaid...

Multiply AI, a fully automated financial adviser app, has partnered with digital mortgage broker Mojo to provide the first end-to-end digital...

The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...

Property buyers in certain cities could enjoy a hat-trick of savings via the stamp duty holiday, a reduced mortgage deposit requirement and...

Older homeowners gifted an average of £42,500 to younger relatives to help them get on the property ladder in 2020, new...

The time it’s taking for first-time buyers (FTBs) to save for their first home has grown by three years in some...

2021 looks set to be another year of change in the mortgage market, with the second charge market seeing the biggest...

The majority (83%) of first-time buyers in the UK currently house-hunting have had no financial support from their parents, new research...

The Nottingham has announced the relaunch of 90% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages for potential borrowers. In what is described as more good news...

It can seem like a lifetime to reach the final instalment of a mortgage payment. But where in the UK will...

West One has launched an initiative to support the Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) via its second charge mortgage range. The...

The cost of borrowing for low-deposit borrowers has increased across all mortgage types over the last year, new data from Mortgage...

Mortgages have not typically been viewed as a high-risk service when it comes to money laundering, but as the practice becomes...

As the industry starts to tighten its criteria, Saffron Building Society is affirming that there is still hope for borrowers as...

Despite ongoing coronavirus woes, buyers can look to benefit from record low rates and the mortgage market remains open for business. That...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on three mortgages particularly attractive to first-time buyers. The fee-free mortgages are...

Both the volume and value of flexible payments from pensions has hit a new high, according to Moneyfacts. Data from the money...

Paragon Bank has improved the way customers can apply for its saving range by introducing a postal application process for selected...

Dudley BS has been working for over 160 years in providing mortgages and saving accounts to customers across a local and...

Nottingham Building Society has cemented its position as a leading Cash Lifetime ISA (LISA) provider as it becomes the only society...

First-time buyers and existing homeowners capitalised on low rates across the market in October, according to fresh research from e.surv. Its latest...

First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...

Accord Mortgages has launched five competitive remortgage options for borrowers with a 25%, 20% or 10% deposit. The new remortgage range from...

Masthaven has launched its second charge mortgage range with competitive rates available via Legal & General Mortgage Club. With this partnership, Masthaven...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a new variable rate product at 2.99%, further improving its Shared Ownership mortgage offering. While the product...

The homebuying process and its associated costs is being met with a lack of understanding amongst potential first-time buyers, fresh research...

Six in ten parents can afford to financially support their children to buy their first home, while only 5% can pay...

Yorkshire Building Society is launching a range of two-year mortgages to help first-time buyers (FTBs) take their first steps on the...

Accord Mortgages is offering its lowest ever two-year fixed rate at 80% loan-to-value (LTV) with a 0.99% two-year fixed rate mortgage...

New data from mortgage lender, Vida Homeloans, found more first-time buyers are seeking lenders for deals that cater to their needs...

The Mortgage Hut has seen a year on year rise of 30% in mortgage applications in August despite the traditional seasonal...

First-time buyers accounted for half of all home purchase valuations in July, according to the latest research from Connells Survey &...

Accord Mortgages has revealed competitive remortgage options with a £495 fee and the benefit of additional features. The new products from the...

The number of first-time buyers and buyers of investment properties has fallen in the last two years, My Home Move say. First-time...

A study revealed that a third of young people would choose to buy and live in a caravan if they couldn’t...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon has found that it is cheaper for Swindon tenants to purchase a new property than...

Accord Mortgages has now added more choice to its product range by reducing rates at most LTVs and offering a new...

Fresh statistics suggest the UK’s mortgage market has been boosted again, with approvals for home lending up month on month and...

Accord Buy to Let has bolstered its range of fixed rate mortgages for landlords with deposits of 25% or more. The lender,...

The so-called Bank of Mum and Dad will lend 23% more funds in 2017, putting it on a par with the...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched two new fee-free high LTV mortgages. The fix then discount products are completely fee-free and...

A quarter of young people believe the only way they'll ever own a home is by inheriting cash, research by Halifax has...

Small deposit buyers were given a New Year boost, with their share of the mortgage market increasing in January 2017. Small deposit...

Accord Mortgages has launched a new tracker mortgage with no early repayment charges. The lender says this new product will give borrowers...

A fall in the mean average value of leads from SMEs in the first six weeks of 2017 seems to suggest...

Financial mutual OneFamily has extended its lifetime mortgage range, increasing its number of products from four to six.  The two new additions...

Average buy-to-let loans and deposits increased in 2016, new research from The Mortgage Broker Ltd has revealed. This came as a result...

Two competitive variable rate products for 90% loans have been launched by Furness Building Society. Suitable for first-time buyers as well as...

Following the Bank of England's decision to cut the base rate to 0.25%, a fifth of 18 to 34 year-olds could...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

Rates for borrowers looking to secure a longer-term deal have been slashed by Accord Mortgages, with a 0.15% reduction on selected...

Skipton Building Society has removed its maximum loan size cap for first-time buyers. It said this follows a 20% increase in UK house...

First-time buyer sales soar last month as landlords abandoned the market following the introduction of the new stamp duty surcharge on 1...

The gap between mortgage rates at different LTVs has narrowed dramatically, making life easier for borrowers with small deposits. Mortgage rates for borrowers...

Furness Building Society has launched a new first-time buyer mortgage charging 3.50% to 95% LTV. There is no product fee on the two-year...

Yorkshire Building Society has launched the lowest fixed rate mortgage on the market, a two-year deal charging 1.17%. It is available to borrowers...

First-time buyers are "increasingly desperate" to buy a place of their own as the housing crisis deepens, new research shows. Today, 73%...

Nationwide has announced that it is cutting fixed rates on smaller deposit mortgages. The building society is reducing selected fixed rate mortgages...

Barclays Bank has this week introduced a new 100% loan-to-value mortgage, aimed at helping struggling first-time buyers get onto the property...

The cost of servicing a mortgage for buyers with small deposits has fallen sharply over the past 12 months, according to...

Halifax has launched a 1% cashback offer for first-time buyers and home movers across its mortgage range. First-time buyers and home movers...

Post Office Money has launched a number of mortgage deals and reduced rates on many existing deals. It says the new deals...

Accord Mortgages has launched a new fee-free mortgage for borrowers with a 35% deposit, with added incentives. The intermediary-only lender, part of...

Single first-time buyers and couples can significantly cut the time it takes to save for a deposit by moving back in...

Specialist mortgage package and distributor Atom has announced a new relationship with Kensington Mortgages. Dale Jannels, managing director at Atom, which stands...

Single first-time buyers and England and Wales need 13 years to save for a deposit - rising to his 46 years...

First-time buyers applying for their first mortgage lack knowledge about the application process and risk being rejected as a result. Almost half...

Property experts have warned that Chancellor George Osborne's new Lifetime Isa will do nothing to solve housing supply and affordability problems. From April...

House purchase values rose 20% in the final quarter of 2015 yet there was also a worrying drop in higher-LTV lending. The...

The number of high-LTV deals aimed at first-time buyers is almost back at pre-financial crisis levels. Mortgages at 90% and 95% LTV...

Almost one in three "millennials" still with live with their families and almost one in 10 say they will never own a...

Accord Buy to Let has cut the rates on its range of three and five-year fixed rate mortgages by up to...

Accord Mortgages and Leeds Building Society have launched new five-year fixed-rate mortgages with added incentives. Intermediary-only lender Accord’s deals are aimed at borrowers...

The housing market has been given a one-off boost from the surge in buy-to-let lending triggered by April’s tax changes. New figures show that...

Accord Mortgages is giving first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a mortgage. All first-time buyers completing on fixed...

Nationwide Building Society has announced the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy Isa savers. Savers are free to claim the minimum...

Yorkshire Building Society is handing first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on a mortgage. The cashback is designed to...

NatWest and RBS have unveiled their plans to help more people get a foot on the capital's property ladder through the...

The average house purchase deposit jumped 15% in a year to more than £80,000 in December. This is its highest point since the...

Leeds Building Society will launch its first Help to Buy London mortgages from on Monday 1 February. The society is among the first...

The shortage of properties for sale has hit house purchase approvals which fell more than 3% in December. There were 68,218 house purchase...

The number of first-time buyers rose by almost a quarter in 2015 despite growing fears that they are being squeezed out...

The number of 95% LTV mortgages rose by 84% in the last year after a surge of product launches over the...

Yorkshire Building Society has just launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage priced at 3.68% until 31 January 2018. This deal is...

House purchase lending has leapt almost 20% in the past 12 months but first-time buyers remain locked out of the booming...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut new mortgage rates by up to 0.85% on its Buy to Let 2 year products to...

Life is getting easier for first-time buyers as barriers to homeownership fall and government schemes help more climb on the property...

Santander has joined the growing list of banks and building societies that are announcing the rates on their Help to Buy...

Leading lenders Halifax and Nationwide have announced how much interest they will be paying on their Help to Buy Isas. The new...

The Co-operative Bank has cut rates across its range of more than 80 mortgage options for both new and existing borrowers...

Broker-only lender Accord and Coventry for Intermediaries are the latest to cut mortgage rates as the lender price war continues. Accord is...

Accord Buy to Let is cutting the rates across its 75% LTV range by up to 0.35%. It is also offering a...

The mortgage price war for higher-LTV loans has intensified with Yorkshire Building Society launching a 3.78% two-year fixed rate mortgage for...

Barclays is launching fee-free mortgages with up to £1,000 in cash back from today. Its new purchase-only products are available on LTVs from 60% to...

Just 12% of UK adults believe access to mortgages has improved in the past five years, despite recent moves to open...

More lenders have unveiled mortgage rate cuts as they look to boost business levels in the final months of 2015. Chelsea Building...

Three lenders have launched new residential mortgages aimed at buyers needing higher loan-to-value (LTV) deals. Yorkshire, Leeds and Teachers building societies have...

The government-backed Help to Buy home-loan scheme continues to offer vital support to the mortgage market two years after its launch,...

A new report from the Bank of England shows that approvals of loans for house purchases hit a 2015 high in...

The cost of taking the first step on the property ladder is soaring according to new figures from estate agent chain...

First-time buyers enjoy their strongest summer on record as sales picked up 25% in the aftermath of the general election. There were...

Home ownership is a distant dream for nine million UK renters who say they will never be able to afford their...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages in its broker portfolio from today. It will also...

Nationwide and The Co-operative Bank are the latest lenders to join in the recent bout of mortgage rate cutting. This follows a flurry...

First-time buyers with relatively small deposits are finding it increasingly hard to get on the property ladder, new research shows. The typical...

Santander has announced that it will lend at 95% loan-to-value outside of the Government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme. The scheme...

Lenders have launched another round of "best ever" mortgage rates as the prospect of a Bank of England base rate hike recedes further...

Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...

Five-year fixed rates are the latest mortgage battleground with HSBC and Leeds Building Society both launching market-leading rates. This shows that lenders...

The number of first-time buyer sales rose nearly 5% in July to hit the highest figure since the recession. There were 29,700...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is calling on the industry to help young first-time buyers understand the process of buying...

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched its cheapest ever fixed-rate buy-to-let products with rate cuts of up to 0.50%. It has also...

Landlords are struggling to cash in on the buy-to-let boom because of growing difficulties getting mortgage finance, new research has found. One...

Applicants with smaller deposits are increasingly securing mortgages as lenders offer more high-LTV loans, new research suggests. Nearly half of all homebuyers...

Halifax has this week introduced a new online service which will allow potential customers to receive a mortgage agreement in principle...

The number of first-time buyers plunged more than 27% in the year to June, with no sign of a post-election bounce. There...

Platform has revised its mainstream mortgage range for brokers by cutting fixed rates at 80% and 90% LTV. The intermediary lender of...

Nationwide Building Society will back the new government-backed Help to Buy Isa from 1 December. The new offering will run alongside its...

The salary of the average homebuyer fell 16% year-on-year in June to £34,584, as improved mortgage affordability boosted lower income borrowers. The...

Nationwide Building Society is today cutting rates on a number of fixed-rate deals for customers with small deposits. The organisation said it...

Difficulties in putting together deposits and the General Election put a dampener on the number of first-time buyers completing property purchases...

Nationwide has cut its two-year fixed rates for borrowers with smaller deposits by up to 0.25%. And it has made further reductions...

Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...

Chelsea Building Society has reduced rates for customers with 10% and 5% deposits, in what it says is a bid to...

Platform has launched a new mortgage range for brokers and with cuts to selected fixed rate mortgages of up to 0.25%. The new rates...

Yorkshire Building Society has launched the only range of four-year offset mortgages available on the market today. It said this followed a...

Mortgage affordability for people who want to buy a home has hit its highest level for six years. Just one in three...

Help to Buy schemes have created 131 new homeowners every day since April 2013, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has said. More than...

Accord is reducing its mortgages for customers with a 10% deposit by up to 0.25%. The intermediary-only lender, part of Yorkshire Building...

The Co-operative bank has launched the UK's lowest ever two-year fixed-rate mortgage rate at just 1.09%. The loan, available up to 60%...

Accord Buy-To-Let has launched three two-year fixed rate tracker mortgages for landlords with a 25% deposit. The intermediary-only lender, part of the...

Improve mortgage affordability is helping borrowers on lower incomes to climb the property ladder. Mortgage applications surged 18% in March in response to...

Lender First Direct is launching a market leading three-year fixed rate charging 1.68% from today. The mortgage has a £1,450 fee and...

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