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Extra help for first-time home buyers is on the way as Lloyds Banking Group increases the amount prospective homeowners can borrow,...

Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad totalled £9.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest analysis from...

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has enhanced its flexible mortgage range, cutting selected rates by up to 30bps and launching new...

There was a 13% increase in Q1 2024 of 56-65 year-olds searching for their first property compared to the same period...

Research from Coventry for Intermediaries has revealed that there is a clear generational difference in attitude when it comes to making...

Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...

The latest monthly criteria index from Knowledge Bank highlights the pressing financial difficulties for many in the UK - and with...

More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...

First-time buyers (FTBs) that have bought their home in the last 18-month period since March 2020 have experienced an increasingly expensive...

New research has shown it will take aspiring first-time buyers significantly longer to get on the property ladder than they expect....

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

More than one in four (29%) of buyers don’t believe their credit score is ‘good’ or ‘excellent’, according to specialist mortgage...

Broker searches for ‘Covid-19: temporary maximum LTV restrictions’ remain in the top five results for the sixth consecutive month, data from...

There is evidence of continuing volatility in the mortgage market, with different criteria searches among brokers reaching the top five, according...

Over a third of people who purchased their mortgage direct from a lender have no protection policy in place, the latest...

The Bank of Mum and Dad (BoMaD) is currently spending an average of £6,000 more than in 2018 to help loved...

First-time buyers (FTBs) saw their completion rate for mortgage offers through intermediaries reach a three-year high of 89% in Q4 2018. That...

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is urging government to provide clarity around the future of the Help to Buy Equity...

Up to 18% of homeowner’s ready to climb the property ladder find it harder than buying their first home, according to...

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

Brokers are encountering fewer difficulties when sourcing mortgages for clients than at any point since the introduction of the Mortgage Market...

Conveyancing firm My Home Move's latest research has revealed that the appeal of shared ownership schemes has risen by over 130%...

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

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

A new report from Halifax has found that delays in getting on to the property ladder could force many people to...

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

The property industry is calling on Chancellor George Osborne to reform stamp duty and boost housing supply in Wednesday’s Budget, but...

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...

Tax experts have urged the Government to scrap the stamp duty surcharge for parents helping their children become first-time buyers. Chancellor George...

First-time buyers returned in force in December to borrow £4.5 billion, a rise of 18% on one year ago. This also marked a rise of...

Nationwide is cutting selected deals by up to 0.40% across its range of 95% LTV fixed rate mortgages from today. Its two-year 95%...

Continuing property growth will push prices beyond the reach of low to middle earners next year. 2016 will prove a growing struggle...

House price growth will slow in 2016 as buyers struggle to get on the housing ladder and interest rates potentially rise,...

George Osborne’s stamp duty reforms announced last December have saved home buyers £1.9 billion in the last year. The average saving since Osborne...

Nearly half of Britons believe that homeownership is now an unrealistic dream, a new study shows. One in 10 Brits expects to be...

The number of house hunters has hit its highest level in 11 years while supply levels are continuing to fall. Sales to...

Halifax and Nationwide have both announced rate cuts across a series of mortgage products. Halifax has cut rates on first-time buyer in...

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

Young borrowers increasingly expect to be paying their mortgage into retirement as they stretch themselves to get on the housing ladder. Around half of...

Halifax has reduced product rates on its first-time buyer and homemover mortgages by up to 0.31%.  Rates on its two-year fixed rate for...