Low loan to value ratios from mortgage lenders are leaving an estimated 90,000 new build homes empty across the UK as...
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Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A range informal media briefings on behalf of the UK government suggest that an extension of the current mortgage guarantee scheme...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
New figures relating to the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme shows significant numbers of people taking out high loan to value mortgage...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
First Time Buyer’s Fortnight aims to give potential homebuyers the information they need to make more informed decisions about the home...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News
According to new research from estate agents Purplebricks, 43% of today’s first-time buyers (FTBs) have fully funded their own deposit. While...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The total value of new mortgages set to be handed out in the coming months reached its highest level since 2007...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
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...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News
Access to the mortgage market is widening as lenders rediscover their appetite for higher-LTV lending. Lenders have partly been encouraged by Government...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News
NatWest Intermediary Solutions is reducing rates on a number of higher-LTV residential mortgages. These include its first-time buyer deals and a selection...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme has boosted both first-time buyer lending and higher-LTV mortgages, new figures show. The number of...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News
The government-backed Help to Buy home-loan scheme continues to offer vital support to the mortgage market two years after its launch,...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News
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...