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Introduction

If you are buying a home for the first time, it is essential that you are well prepared. Our free downloadable guides offer a wealth of information to hep you find and arrange the finance for your first home, including booklets on the government's Help to Buy schemes.

Jan 16, 2017

Guide to interest-only mortgages vs repayment mortgages

Before you go looking for a mortgage or remortgage deal, you need to decide how you are go...

Jan 16, 2017

Guide to flexible mortgages

A truly flexible mortgage allows you to do the following:

Jan 16, 2017

Guide to fixed-rate mortgages

Fixed-rate mortgages are fairly popular in the UK. As the name suggests, they allow you to...

Jan 16, 2017

Guide to mortgage basics

Taking out a mortgage is probably the biggest financial undertaking you will ever make. Na...

Jan 05, 2017

Insure4you: Help finding the right insurance for homebuyers

Buying your own home can be an exhausting and expensive process, but luckily we have a tea...

Jan 04, 2017

The buying process

A step-by-step guide to purchasing property.

Jan 02, 2017

Guide to discount mortgages

We all love a good discount - there is a certain satisfaction to be had from knowing you h...

Jan 02, 2017

Guide to tracker mortgages

This type of product follows the Bank of England Base Rate or the lender's Standard Variab...

Jan 02, 2017

Guide to variable rate mortgages

Every mortgage lender has a standard variable rate (SVR) that is loosely based on the Bank...

Oct 29, 2016

Guide to buying property at auction

You can pick up a bargain when you buy property at auction, but it pays to know exactly wh...

Oct 15, 2016

Guide to moving home

Before you start looking for a specific property, it makes sense to choose a defined area ...

Oct 08, 2016

Guide to Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance

Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance (MPPI) covers your mortgage payments in the event of...

Oct 04, 2016

Guide to First-Time Buyer Mortgages

Buying your first home? Why not download our helpful guide, produced in association with N...

Oct 02, 2016

Guide to guarantor mortgages

With a guarantor mortgage, either a parent or a relative agrees to guarantee your mortgage...

Oct 02, 2016

Get your head around mortgage fees

The mortgage fees associated with taking out and paying off a mortgage have tripled in the...

Aug 10, 2016

Guide to valuations and surveys

Do you need a vanilla valuation or a survey with a fringe on top? Martyn Stones explains t...

Jun 17, 2016

Help for Homebuyers

Download our free, handy guide containing essential Help for Homebuyers, brought to you in...

May 15, 2016

Jargon Buster

When you take out a mortgage you will probably encounter a raft of jargon, some of which c...

Apr 25, 2016

Guide for First-Time Buyers

Click here to download our handy free guide for first-time buyers, brought to you in assoc...

Mortgage lending for those with small deposits approaches pre-crisis highs

Borrowers with a modest deposit now have a wide choice of products, and providers are keen...

Jun 07, 2019

TSB cuts rates on high LTV deals

TSB Bank has amended its rates across its three-, five- and ten-year fixed products for pu...

Jun 07, 2019

Experts slam housing minister’s first-time buyer idea

Experts have criticised housing secretary James Brokenshire MP's proposal that first-time ...

Jun 05, 2019

40% ‘do not know where to start’ getting on housing ladder

Research from banking group Close Brothers has revealed the degree of bewilderment felt by...

Jun 05, 2019

Difference in cost of two- and five-year fixed rate hits seven-year low

The gap between the average rate charged on a two-year fixed rate mortgage and the cost of...

Jun 03, 2019

Housebuilding not keeping up with demand due to population growth

The rate of homebuilding in many towns and cities across the UK is failing to keep pace wi...

Guide to borrowing past retirement age

As an older borrower, you may be concerned that a lender will not offer you a mortgage pas...

Mortgage market biased against homeowners

Buy-to-let property investors are unfairly favoured in the mortgage market, an independent...

Should buy-to-let investors ‘go Dutch’?

The Netherlands is revealed as Europe’s top buy-to-let property hotspot

Private sector tenants in poverty double in decade

The number of private rented sector tenants in poverty has doubled in the last decade from...

Large mortgage broker firm launches with fees of over 1%

An insurance firm has launched a mortgage advice service

Second steppers targeting detached properties

Those living in their first home are increasingly looking to reduce the steps to their lon...

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Guides

Introduction

Guide to interest-only mortgages vs repayment mortgages

Guide to flexible mortgages

Guide to fixed-rate mortgages

Guide to mortgage basics

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Insure4you: Help finding the right insurance for homebuyers

The buying process

Guide to discount mortgages

Guide to tracker mortgages

Guide to variable rate mortgages

Guide to buying property at auction

Guide to moving home

Guide to Mortgage Payment Protection Insurance

Guide to First-Time Buyer Mortgages

Guide to guarantor mortgages

Get your head around mortgage fees

Guide to valuations and surveys

Help for Homebuyers

Jargon Buster

Guide for First-Time Buyers

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Difference in cost of two- and five-year fixed rate hits seven-year low

Housebuilding not keeping up with demand due to population growth

Guide to borrowing past retirement age

Mortgage market biased against homeowners

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Private sector tenants in poverty double in decade

Large mortgage broker firm launches with fees of over 1%

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