The UK government’s Help to Buy (HTB) scheme is ending after nine years and there is currently no planned replacement. Between 1 April 2013 and 31 March this year, 361,075 properties were bought with an equity loan, according to Interactive Investor, representing a total value of £22.5bn. Without the HTB scheme or a
How quickly things can change in the mortgage market. All of us must come together to do our best for customers. This applies to the new-build sector, too. In the coming months, it will need to overcome a series of hurdles: not just an uncertain economy but a shortage of skills, supply-chain disruption and the end of
Accord Mortgages has expanded its range of residential mortgages up to 95% loan-to-value, “to provide more options for borrowers with smaller deposits”. The broker-only lender returned to market earlier this month with two and five-year fixes up to 85% LTV, but now offers a wider range of loans after