Welcome to this week's Mortgage Update. Please take the time to read through the update as there may be some information that is important to you. Included in this week's update: TSB reintroduces 85% LTVs; Metro Bank’s Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor up to 90% LTV; Darlington launch 90% LTV product; Family Building Society relaunch [...]

Following our return to 90% lending for first time buyers, we're introducing some new criteria, which we'll continue to review to ensure we lend responsibly. We're anticipating high call volumes into our Dedicated Broker Support teams and BDMs, so please check your client's eligibility before contacting us. If the application doesn't meet the criteria and/or it fails the [...]

Darlington Building Society has launched a 90% loan-to-value (LTV), 3-year fixed product, designed to provide further support for first and second-time buyers following the announcement of a stamp duty holiday.  The mortgage product has a fixed rate of interest at 3.39% until November 2023. It will be available direct from Darlington Building Society or via [...]

Halifax is making changes to its homemover and first-time buyer products today. It is increasing rates by 0.20 per cent on 80 and 85 per cent LTV two-year, three-year and five-year fixed rate deals. However, the lender is reducing rates by up to 0.10 per cent on 60 and 75 per cent LTV two-year, [...]

TSB has brought back its 85 per cent loan to value (LTV) house purchase and remortgage products, a month after pulling all deals at this tier. This means the fee-free purchase two-year fix has a rate of 2.14 per cent while the remortgage offering has a rate of 2.19 per cent. The two-year fixed [...]

We want to let you know about some further changes that we’ve made that impact how we assess new mortgage applications from customers who have taken out a mortgage payment break. For new business applications from customers who have taken advantage of a mortgage payment break, we are reducing the period of time that [...]

One of the most challenging parts of buying a house is saving for a deposit. That’s why we accept gifted deposits as full or part contribution. Who can gift the deposit? Any relative as defined by the Family Law Act 1996. Including step-parents, step-children, civil partner, former spouse, former civil partner, first cousins [...]

We want to share our fantastic news. We’ve been awarded Best Building Society for Customer Service 2020 by What Mortgage Awards for the third year running. Our Business Development Managers, Intermediary Support Desk and wider customer service teams have been working hard to answer all of your COVID-19 queries, along with the dedicated FAQ [...]

The Government’s announcement that stamp duty in England won’t be paid on the first £500k of a property’s value until 31 March 2021 is welcome news for the housing industry. From buyers struggling to get on the housing ladder for the first time to existing homeowners and buy to let landlords, prospective buyers right [...]