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LiveMore has announced a reduction of its standard fixed rates from five-year up to lifetime. Launched last week, the seven, 10 and...

Vernon Building Society has announced a new competitively priced mortgage, available up to 90% of the property’s value. The mortgage is designed...

The Nottingham has rolled out a new five-year fixed product as an option for people looking to remortgage in light of...

The Mortgage Lender has increased its loan-to-value (LTV) for capital-raising landlords from 65% to 75% on all remortgage products. The rise means...

Roma Finance, the bridging, buy-to-let and development finance lender, has cut rates across its product range. This follows further funding lines with...

Money Advice Scotland is piloting open banking technology from Experian which could help it to significantly speed up the early stages...

Brexit has caused UK house price growth to half since June 2016, according to property management company Apropos. The digital platform, designed...

Nearly a quarter of UK homes have no home insurance, according to Assurant Intermediary. The insurance company says advisers play a vital...

Many key indicators for home movers and first-time buyers remained either stable or only marginally changed when compared to the previous...

Pure Retirement has announced the launch of its new product suite for advisers, named the Heritage range. The product, which is available...

Almost half of homeowners are making overpayments on their mortgages, according to new research from Which? Mortgage Advisers. Those aged 18-24 led...

Demand for bridging loans increased in the third quarter of 2018, according to bridging lender mtf. Its latest Broker Sentiment Survey found...

Pepper Money has finalised the terms to acquire 100% of the second charge lender, Optimum Credit Ltd. The purchase will see Pepper...

The national month-on-month figures for new listings ‘for sale’ reached 9.4%, while the amount of properties sold sat at 6.2% in...

April saw significant purchasing and remortgaging activity following forecasts suggesting an interest rate rise in May, according to the Mortgage Advice...

Furness Building Society has appointed Alasdair McDonald as head of intermediaries McDonald has over 25 years of experience in the financial services...

Metro Bank has announced that from April 5 it will expand its mortgage business into Scotland both direct and via brokers. Scottish...

Kensington Mortgages and New Street Mortgages have announced a successful market launch into Scotland. While Kensington now offers an extensive range of...

After listening to feedback from brokers, Furness Building Society has increased the maximum LTV in Scotland to 95% on standard residential...

Specialist property finance lender LendInvest has announced its new buy-to-let (BTL) loan products for the specialist lending market. Targeted at professional property...

Specialist lender, Together, has issued £275 million to support the successful completion of its debut public residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) transaction. Credit-rating...

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) has announced a two-year fixed rate of 2.49%, which will be available to appointed representatives of the...

The Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has revealed the dates and venues for its autumn mortgage and protection roadshows, beginning in...

Amicus Property Finance recently announced that it has appointed three new senior underwriters with long-standing banking experience. Alan Dorrington, Mark Heckles and...

Mortgage borrowers in Scotland are the most proactive when it comes to switching products, according to new research. A YouGov study, commissioned...

Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK.  Since 2003...

New research carried out by Legal & General has revealed that brokers in Scotland are more confident about the future of...

Specialist lender Pepper Homeloans have added Ryan Brailsford to their team as Regional Development Manager for the North. Brailsford, whose role involves...

House prices in British seaside towns have increased by an average £440 every month for the last decade, new figures show. Prices...

Intermediary mortgage sales exceeded all expectations in February to hit the highest level since the 2008 market crash. Residential and buy-to-let sales...

UK house prices continue to accelerate increasing by 7.9% in the year to January, up from 6.7% in December. Prices were driven...

More than 150,000 people have become homeowners through the Government’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme. New official figures show that 80%...

Skipton Building Society has unveiled its new product ranges for both the Help to Buy London and Help to Buy Scotland...

Property investors say the UK would be a less attractive place to invest if voters decide to leave the EU, new...

The North/South divide in house price expectations has now widened to record levels, new figures show. Households in all UK regions perceive...

The number of million pound properties in the UK will more than triple by 2030, new research suggests By that date, one...

Two thirds of prospective homebuyers are likely to take advantage of the new Help to Buy Isa yet rates so far...

Latest figures show UK house prices slowed in the year to August with annual growth of 5.2%. That is unchanged from July,...

Figures published yesterday by Nationwide Building Society show the widening gap between in property values in London and the South-east and...

The amount of money locked up in homes owned by the over-65s has grown by almost £17.5 billion in the past...

UK house prices rose by 5.2% over the last year helped by the return of the first-time buyer. The annual pace of...

The prospect of an interest rate hike in the UK may be closer than markets realise, according to a Bank of...

Lloyds Banking Group has held onto its lead as the UK's biggest mortgage lender despite losing market share. Santander hopped above Nationwide to...

Plans to introduce rent controls in Scotland could hit buy-to-let investment north of the border. No-fault evictions may also be banned in a...

The Bank of Scotland attracted more complaints than any other mortgage lender in the first half of the year, just as...

Buy-to-let rental income has surged ahead of both inflation and house price growth to hit an average of £977 a month. The...

The price of average British home leapt by more than £7,000 in the first half of this year to hit £270,674. That...

Landlord income from buy-to-let income is rising again as demand from tenants outstrips the plunging supply of rental property. The number of...

Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have...