by Complete Mortgages | Mar 22, 2025 | Mortgages, Property market, UK Economy
Well, we hope so. Of course, there is a slight wrinkle in the fact that the first-time buyer threshold for Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is reducing from £425,000 to £300,000, which will increase the tax burden for first-time buyers from 1 April 2025. Other than that,...
by Complete Mortgages | Aug 5, 2022 | Mortgages, Property market, UK Economy
It feels as though we’ve been publishing a few of these interest rate rise articles of late. And that’s because we have. Six, in fact. Yesterday, the Bank of England (BoE) hiked up the base rate a significant 0.50% – the biggest increase since 1995 and the sixth since...
by Complete Mortgages | Feb 1, 2021 | Mortgages
Admittedly, this sounds like the type of question you might expect to find in a journal (or, at the very least, a trade media title). However, as an equity release mortgage specialist and Guildford mortgage broker, we believe that the answer is ‘yes’ – and here’s why....
by Complete Mortgages | Oct 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Interest rates have gone up, but so too have the chances of first time buyers getting a mortgage with a small deposit. Data from Moneyfacts has revealed that the average rates for 95% loan to value mortgages – mortgages for those with only 5% deposit to put down on a...
by Complete Mortgages | Jun 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Let’s start with the universally good news – mortgage lending to homebuyers increased by 27% in March. The figures, as released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), suggests that even first time buyer mortgages were on the up across the UK, with 31,500 loans...
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