The latest First time buyers news for financial advisers and intermediaries from Professional Adviser

First time buyers

Three fund managers guilty of £7m sovereign wealth fraud

Trio guilty of multi-million dollar fraud linked to Libya

21 February 2023 • 2 min read

Investment

Help to Buy ISA 'a popular warm-up act for LISA'

Latest stats from HMRC

22 June 2017 • 2 min read

First time buyers

Help to buy scheme to close this year, Treasury confirms

'Specific purpose successfully achieved'

30 September 2016 • 1 min read

First time buyers

Labour makes first-time buyer stamp duty pledge

Labour would make first-time buyers exempt from stamp duty for purchases under £300,000, Ed Miliband is due to announce.

27 April 2015 •

First time buyers

Stamp duty revenues 'soar to £8bn record high'

The housing market recovery helped stamp duty revenues soar by a fifth in 2014-2015 to a record high of £8bn, according to research.

12 March 2015 •

First time buyers

FCA may restrict lenders' ability to alter mortgage terms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may restrict the changes lenders can make to mortgage contracts after assessing the fairness of the existing regulations.

07 July 2014 • 1 min read

First time buyers

Govt may 'pare back' Help to Buy after Carney's warning

The government may "pare back" its Help to Buy scheme if the Bank of England (BoE) believes it threatens the UK's economic recovery, Nick Clegg has said.

18 May 2014 •

First time buyers

Economists heap pressure on Osborne over Help to Buy

Prominent economists have added to calls for the government to pull back from the mortgage guarantee element of its Help to Buy initiative, arguing it is no longer needed.

12 May 2014 •