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Shared ownership has failed to deliver an affordable route to home ownership for too many and for too long, says a...

A think tank is urging the UK government to initiate mortgage market reforms to promote higher home ownership. The Social Market Foundation...

Shared ownership has given the new-build division at national brokerage Just Mortgages a bumper start to 2024. New build leads and enquiries...

There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means that...

New research indicates that the Bank of Mum and Dad may not be as prevalent as it once was, with the...

New research from Aldermore suggests that some 55 per cent of prospective first time buyers are currently seeking to raise a...

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves says first time buyers could benefit from a "revolution in home ownership" with 25-year fixed-rate mortgages. Reeves says...

Tomorrow’s King’s Speech, setting out the legislative agenda for the coming year, looks certain to include leasehold reform - and the...

Metro Bank customers will now benefit from a smoother house buying process thanks to a new partnership with Legal & General...

First Direct has crunched market data to give an insight into FTB activity over the summer just gone. There are three...

In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...

Unmortgage has rebranded to Wayhome as part of phase one of its brand refresh. Since August, the Unmortgage name is no longer...

The Nottingham Building Society has added to its retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage range to help with home ownership. Its two new offerings...

People aged 18-34 are having to make sacrifices not experienced in previous generations to get onto the property ladder, according to...

M&S Bank has launched its first mortgage range and developed a first-time buyer range to support first-time buyers (FTBs). The bank’s first...

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

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

The rapid growth of the buy-to-let market during 2015 has come at the expense of first-time buyers, new research shows. Buy-to-let grew...

Britain is becoming a nation of "forever renters" as the lifetime cost of renting exceeds £50,000, driving home ownership out of reach...

Mortgage brokers have attacked the Chancellor’s "truly aggressive attack" on buy-to-let in his Autumn Statement and Spending Review yesterday. George Osborne punished...

Demand for buy-to-let is set to soar with each new generation while home ownership will continue to plunge. Fewer than half of those born in...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched what it claims is a unique “no fees and no hassle” mortgage covering all set-up fees including legal...

The annual cost of home ownership is now £15,300 and is expected to rise sharply in future, according to new research...

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

Mortgage regulators have given buy-to-let investors an unfair advantage over residential buyers and the balance needs to be redressed, a broker has claimed. Independent...