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Call for LISA reform ahead of formal consultation exercise

1 week ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

The Lifetime ISA (LISA) is vital to encourage first time buyers getting in to above-average cost local housing markets, says business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown. HL says the average property purchased using its LISA so far in 2025 cost £303,884 – well above the UK’s average first-time buyer price of £245,000.
Lender offers higher borrowing limits for High Net Worth clients

1 week ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

High-net-worth clients (HNW) looking to purchase or remortgage a home will now be able to borrow more from Investec. In response to the FCA’s updated guidance on stress rates, Investec has reduced its residential stress rates by up to 2.10%. As a result of these changes, HNW clients applying for a mortgage may now be able to borrow between 10% and 30% more than before these changes, depending on their individual circumstances and subject to affordability checks and loan to income limits.
Glut of homes on sale - up to 21% more than this time last year

1 week ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

The housing market is seeing a renewed increase in sales, according to Zoopla’s latest House Price Index, as buyers return to the market following the end of stamp duty reliefs and the Easter lull. The number of sales agreed in May is running at its fastest rate in four years since the pandemic boom of 2021. The portal says this is due to an increased number of homes for sale, with 13% more homes on the market than a year ago, as well as improvements in the cost and availability of mortgages.
Intermediary confidence booms as buy to let proves resilient

1 week ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New research from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) shows intermediary confidence in their own business, the outlook for intermediary channel and the mortgage industry rebounding to near record highs.
Interest rate concern as data shows weaker jobs market - Introducer Today

3 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New data showing a further weakening of the UK jobs market has raised debate about future interest rate falls. Job vacancies have now fallen below the pre-pandemic level of March 2020, down from a peak of 1.3m in early 2022 to 761,000 last month. Average weekly earnings continued to rise faster than inflation, at 5.5% down from 5.7%, while pay excluding bonuses grew at a lower 5.6% level, down from 5.9%, in the three months to March.
Good news as new home registrations show major upswing - Introducer Today

3 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Figures from the National House Building Council (NHBC) show 29,356new homes were registered to be built in Q1 2025, up 36% on the same period last year. And that is 17% more than Q4 2024. But in terms of completions there was a small dip in Q1 this year – 26,120 new homes were completed, 1% down on Q1 2024.
Nationwide and Rightmove launch ‘world first’ mortgage lending check

3 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Rightmove and Nationwide have launched a global-first real-time digital feature, which helps potential home-buyers understand if a specific property they want to view is likely to be eligible for mortgage lending. With the new digital ‘property lending check’, homebuyers can for the first time receive real-time information about the likelihood of getting a mortgage on a home before a viewing and well ahead of the offer stage.
Advisers told they ‘could do better’ on later life lending

3 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

Advisers have apparently suggested in a survey that there was room for improvement on how they meet Consumer Duty obligations in the later life lending market. Key Later Life Lending’s study with over-50s specialists, wealth advisers and general advisers claims to have found 45% saying they were very confident they meet Consumer Duty obligations on later life lending.
L&G launches PR film promoting equity release

3 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

L&G’s Home Finance business has launched its Leading the Way campaign, showcasing connections built between lifetime mortgage customers and its Customer Service, Underwriting, and Care Service teams. The campaign launches as the business celebrates a decade in the lifetime mortgage sector. During this time, L&G’s Home Finance business has helped more than 100,000 customers release more than £6.5 billion of equity from their properties.
UK Finance reveals how Bank of Mum and Dad impacts FTB market

4 weeks ago | introducertoday.co.uk | Graham Norwood

New analysis from UK Finance highlights the impact of family financial support in the first-time buyer (FTB) market – often known as the Bank of Mum and Dad. It looked at assisted and unassisted buyers in terms of deposits, age, household income and purchase price in 2024 and found notable differences across these in each region of the UK. Nationally, first-time buyers who receive assistance are able to buy a home at an average age of just over 30, with an average household income of £56,000.