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Since the start of September 2023, the average two-year fixed rate has fallen from 6.70% to 5.76% and the average five-year...

The average shelf-life of a mortgage product is just 15 days, with lenders increasing fixed rates, says Moneyfacts. Average mortgage rates on...

Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...

Average mortgage rates on the overall two- and five-year fixed rate deals have now been falling for six consecutive months. The overall...

A high proportion of first time buyers take advantage of some form of assistance when purchasing their initial home. That’s the verdict...

Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market with two new products. Its variable rate BTL for UK customers is...

Trade body UK Finance has issued a timely reminder to the mortgage lending sector of its obligations to borrowers struggling following...

A leading analyst is warning that a remortgage nightmare lies await in the second half of 2023. Sarah Coles of business consultancy...

After the latest rise in Bank of England Base Rate, mortgage lenders are offering new products to help those struggling to...

Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...

Newcastle Building Society has reported record lendings for 2022 of £586 million. Significant support was provided to Members, clients, and colleagues during...

People aged 18-24 are more than twice as likely to choose a tracker mortgage than any other age group Those 55 or...

The Bank of England last week hiked interest rates by 0.5 percentage points - pushing the benchmark rate to 4% up...

New findings by Revolution Brokers suggest that despite the increasing cost of borrowing, buying is less expensive than renting.  The analysis was conducted by...

New research by Revolution Brokers show that the average monthly cost of a variable rate mortgage has climbed by 13.3% so far...

Not the best news for the property sector, as the latest research by Revolution Brokers, shows that the monthly cost of...

Hertfordshire-based bridging lender TAB completed an impressive £34 million of loans back in August – up from £30 million in June...

New findings by Revolution Brokers reveal exactly how much more money homeowners and buyers can expect to pay for their mortgage...

Last week (June 16), the Bank of England increased the base rate by 0.25%, up from 1.00% to 1.25%. In response, Moneyfacts.co.uk...

A property expert has predicted that mortgage applicants are likely due to experience some difficulties being approved for loans. It was stated...

As the weather begins to warm up, many will be starting to think about giving their homes a seasonal spring clean....

As far as the UK Government is concerned, the threat from COVID is over. In its wake, a new battle, the...

Some 3.2 million adults in the UK have missed some form of major payment over the last two years as the...

With the interest rate rising from 0.25% to 0.5%, Brian Murphy, head of lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, shares his top tips homeowners...

In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...

With the Bank of England raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years, Brian Murphy, head of lending...

Nisha Vaidya, mortgage expert at Uswitch, explains how homeowners can use low-interest rates to their advantage and help make their mortgage more...

Most people are willing to pay a ‘certainty premium’ of £1,200 per year for a long-term guarantee of fixed mortgage repayments,...

The past year has seen many people experience a change in their financial circumstances. The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in work-life changes...

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

The MCI Mortgage Club has added LiveMore Capital to its panel, expanding its range of products to include retirement interest-only (RIO)...

Paragon has launched a new range of buy-to-let purchase and remortgage products for portfolio and non-portfolio landlords. The discounted rates for two...

Intermediaries can now access a discount for term retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage from Hinckley & Rugby. The building society is offering its...

Less than 5% of tracker rate mortgages are available on the market, which reflects the current ‘lack of appetite’ for variable...

Dudley Building Society is giving customers the chance to consolidate their mortgage and rental payments from a shared ownership or Help...

Bridging and development finance lender Roma Finance has launched a five-year mortgage to allow investors to purchase or refinance investment property. Through...

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) mortgage exclusively through Legal & General Mortgage Club. Members of...

A staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting on their lenders’ standard variable rate (SVR),...

Leeds Building Society has launched two new discounted but-to-let mortgages. The society aims to support landlords to actively manage their property portfolios...

First-time buyers and others with small deposits took a greater share of the market last month than in August, according to...

As many as one in three UK homeowners don’t know what mortgage rate they are on, potentially costing them thousands of...

Bluestone Mortgages has announced the launch of its new Help to Buy range which will cover the England and London schemes. Available...

TMA Club has welcomed Masthaven, the specialist lending bank, to its lender panel to provide a broad range of products to...

Demand for five-year fixed rate remortgages has fallen to the lowest level since July 2017, according to conveyancing service provider LMS. The...

Newbury Building Society has introduced a new variable rate product at 2.99%, further improving its Shared Ownership mortgage offering. While the product...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added two Shawbrook Bank products to its lending panel.   The products cater for second charge and...

Remortgaging has reached a record high, rising to 39% of all mortgages, according to The Mortgage Hut. The number of remortgages has...

Borrowers are still opting for variable mortgages despite the Bank of England base rate increase, new figures from Yorkshire Building Society...

Yorkshire Building Society has seen a surge in fixed rate mortgage applications from borrowers ahead of a potential Bank of England...

Legal & General Mortgage Club has joined Darlington Building Society to introduce exclusive discount mortgages, aimed at first-time buyers, homeowners or...

Shawbrook’s Residential Mortgages team announced that it has lowered the fixed and variable rates on its 55 Plus Interest-Only Mortgage. With interest-only...

TMA Mortgage Club is giving its members an exclusive fee-free 75% LTV discount rate deal following its partnership with The Melton...

Bank customers are at risk of paying an extra £400 if they chose not to remortgage after their fixed term deal...

A significant rise in people re-mortgaging to improve their existing homes could hit the new-build property market during 2017, mortgage broker...

Vida Homeloans and Mortgage Intelligence have announced a new tie-up, allowing Mortgage Intelligence members access to Vida’s specialist residential mortgage range. Vida,...

Two competitive variable rate products for 90% loans have been launched by Furness Building Society. Suitable for first-time buyers as well as...

Two competitive variable rate products specifically for loans between £300,000 and £500,000 have been launched by Furness Building Society. Suitable for loans...

Teachers Building Society has announced the launch of a Help to Buy mortgage which will be discounted for two years. The new...

One third of UK mortgage holders don't know what interest rate they are on, new research shows. This means that than 5 million people...

New figures show the housing market defying the traditional seasonal slowdown in December as mortgage approvals hit a two-year high. The number of...

Newcastle Intermediaries (NI) has updated its buy-to-let mortgage range by unveiling two new fixed rates. The two-year fixed rate product charges 2.59% (APR...

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new best buy two-year fixed-rate as new figures show rates continue to fall. It has unveiled a two-year...

Stafford Railway Building Society is reminding older borrowers that they can take advantage of its standard variable rate mortgage up to...

HSBC has announced a reduction in a wide range of home loan rates. The bank has cut the cost of a...

New research suggests that now is the perfect time to remortgage as more products hit the market and rates fall significantly. As...

Homeowners with variable rate mortgages remain dangerously exposed to rising interest rates, new research suggests. Three out of four homeowners on a...

The buy-to-let mortgage boom continues with rates falling sharply while the number of products on the market hits a seven-year high of 1,000. The average...

Four out of five new mortgages are fixed rates as borrowers increasingly turn their back on tracker deals. Borrowers are also fixing for...

Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...

As mortgages plunge to record lows borrowers no longer have to pay more for the security of a fixed rate. The difference...

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the launch of two new Marsden Building Society buy-to-let products, available exclusively to its members. These are...