6+ day, 13+ min ago   (219+ words) The latest Landlord Trends report from Pegasus Insight noted that the share of landlords citing arrears has steadily fallen for the last six years, since peaking at 42% in 2020. This was despite a slight rise in arrears seen in Q1 this year....

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (527+ words) Vistry published a white paper on the shared ownership model, which is currently under development and being informed by discussions with the National Housing Bank and policymakers. Choice-led shared ownership allows eligible first-time buyers to buy a qualifying new-build home…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (242+ words) A study from LRG found that 31% of 700 people polled would be influenced by a buyer incentive that covered the stamp duty bill, compared to one in 20 who would want their mortgage subsidised or a lower rate. The next most appealing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (508+ words) According to the report, the poverty rate among pensioner couples is 11%, compared with around 20% for single pensioners. Around 1.2 million single pensioners were living in relative poverty in 2023/24, of whom roughly two-thirds were women, due to them living longer on average....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) The lender is offering two five-year shared ownership mortgage products, including a variable discount mortgage with an initial rate of 5.85%. This is a 1.89% discount from the mutual’s standard variable rate, currently 7.74%. There is also a five-year fixed rate mortgage at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (610+ words) UK Finance’s Q2 2026 Household Finance Review outlined a mortgage market that has made a very tentative recovery. Positively, the report highlighted underlying strength in purchasing demand for now. Overall, house purchase lending for the year through to July was just under…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (234+ words) The change applies to eligible first-time buyers, homemovers and existing customers purchasing a new-build property. The affordability boost allows customers who choose a qualifying longer-term fixed rate mortgage to be assessed using criteria linked to the longer-term payment certainty offered…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (332+ words) Support for development on their doorstep is highest among younger adults, with 51% of Generation Z saying yes to new homes locally, followed by 48% of millennials, 42% of Gen X and 37% of baby boomers. Some 22% of adults are against the development of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (358+ words) A Lloyds study of over 1,000 prospective first-time buyers found that 37% of respondents feared getting rejected for a mortgage. Many felt their financial circumstances would automatically make them ineligible for a mortgage, with 58% believing that having existing debt would stop them…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (662+ words) They provide around one in three first-time buyer mortgages and continue to support borrowers throughout every stage of homeownership. Yet despite their relevance, many younger consumers would struggle to explain how a building society differs from a bank. That highlights…...