The Bank of Ireland has done a U-turn for some of its customers affected by the lender’s controversial hikes in rates. The change of mind will benefit around 1,200 customers, whose base rate tracker mortgage will not be increased after all...

Islamic Bank of Britain has lowered the rates for its Sharia compliant Home Purchase Plans (HPPs) by launching a new discounted variable product available with a rental rate of 3...

Lending by Paragon Mortgages to buy-to-let landlords rose to £102.3m in the six months to the end of March. The figure was up 14.6% on the £89...

A two-year fix, available at 1.74%, is being launched today. Legal & General Mortgage Club has it as an exclusive from NatWest Intermediary Solutions...

Total mortgage applications via the Mortgage Advice Bureau for April were up by more than 50% year-on-year, fuelled by a monthly spike of 10%. Brokers MAB are almost entirely based in estate agency offices, with 500 brokers serving some 800 branches...

The Government’s ambitions to boost the self-build sector are being hampered because of mortgage difficulties, a new report has suggested. Lending to the self-build sector fell nearly 70% from £2...

Time is continuing to run out for households living in flood-prone areas. However, while there is no new agreement in sight, the Association of British Insurers has agreed that its members will continue to offer flood insurance for an extra month beyond the end of the current agreement with the Government...

New records have been set in sellers’ asking prices, Rightmove said this mornin. The average asking price of a property new on the market is touching £250,000 for the first time, while in London it has soared past the half a million pound mark for the first time...