Humberts report, FTB boom, mortgage approvals drop Mortgage-funded first time buyers are now half the property market Yorkshire Building Society also claims record numbers of first time buyers purchasing homes fuelled by cheap loans, 95% LTV, Help to Buy and Stamp Duty relief.Click here to read Mortgage-funded first time buyers are now half the property market. Beresfords raises £40,000 for air ambulance 250 guests raised £40,000 for the Essex and Hertfordshire Air Ambulance at Beresfords 50th Birthday Charity Gala Ball.Click here to read Beresfords raises £40,000 for air ambulance. Mortgage approvals drop dramatically, latest figures show Figures for November for UK Finance show number of home loans approved dropped by 10.6% year-on-year during November.Click here to read Mortgage approvals drop dramatically, latest figures show. Guest post: Can estate agents ever get their weekends back? Weekends – what do they mean? An escape from work? Ed Mead, co-founder, Viewber, muses on the changing needs of staff… and their bosses.Click here to read Guest post: Can estate agents ever get their weekends back?. <span style="font-size: 18px;">‘Going into administration was good for Humberts’</span> Tim Simmons says it helped the company escape the cost of exiting its high street branches.Click here to read <span style="font-size: 18px;">‘Going into administration was good for Humberts’</span>. 2017-05-17 Grant Leonard