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Despite the significant rise in house prices, buyers still start paying stamp duty at the same point they did twenty years ago.

In the six months to March, societies provided 61,730 mortgages to first-time buyers.

The Bank has also reduced rates on selected two-year buy-to-let products for UK expats and international residents.

The changes include reductions across fixed and discounted rate products, residential interest-only options, and selected buy-to-let and expat products.

Rates have reduced by 0.15% and now start from 5.29%.

Connect has appointed a group operations director and finance director.

Beagle Street’s intermediary proposition includes life insurance and critical illness cover. 

The reforms will cut buying times by around four weeks and save first-time buyers an average of £650.

The bridging lender says its focus is on "maintaining close dialogue with brokers".

A hold was widely predicted after UK CPI inflation held steady at 2.8% in May.