Tag Result: first-time buyer (FTB)

Remortgage sales hit post-pandemic high in Q4 – Freedom Finance
The sale of remortgages outnumbered other types of home loans and hit a post-pandemic high...

Santander ups new business and PT rates; TSB pulls select five-year fixes – round-up
Santander is increasing rates on new business and product transfer mortgages by as much as...

The government’s mortgage market review is nothing to fear – Bamford
In times gone by, when a government-initiated review into the mortgage market was announce...

Housing affordability falls to lowest level on record – Halifax
Housing affordability is at its most constrained due to rising property prices during the ...

House prices hit £281,000 in April – ONS
The average price of a house in the UK rose 12.4 per cent annually in April to £281,800.

First-time buyers branded a ‘cash cow’ for Treasury coffers
The government must urgently raise the tax-free stamp duty band by £100,000 and consider ...

Affordability uncertainties are a mortgage advice boon – JLM
I think it would be fair to say that every adviser is seeing affordability issues impactin...

TSB and Nationwide up rates – round-up
TSB has increased rates across its residential and product transfer ranges by as much as 0...

Down valuations, impulsive buyers and estate agent pressure leading to abandoned mortgage applications – analysis
Uncertainty, pressure from estate agents and the prospect of rising costs is leading some ...

Bank of Ireland UK appoints head of home buying and ownership
Bank of Ireland UK has hired Martin Brown as head of home buying and ownership.