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![More cuts in lender's buy to let rates as price war goes on](/upload/images/shutterstock_1922797427.jpg)
Landbay has announced a raft of rate reductions across its buy to let product range, with rates falling by as much...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb-Friendly Mortgages - campaign underway for more lenders](/upload/images/2%20shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
NatWest has announced it will introduce new Airbnb-friendly mortgage terms that embrace home sharing via short lets. And now Airbnb wants...
22 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for Labour to create life-long fixed-rate mortgages](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/FinanceCalculator-400x310.png)
A left-wing academic is suggesting that the new UK Labour government should emulate the US and introduce life-long fixed-rate mortgages. Some 90...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Standard Life introduces new EPC scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
UK lender Standard Life Home Finance has announced a new EPC scheme to encourage consumers to make their homes more sustainable. Upon...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders' rate cuts so far this week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BalancingPercentages-400x310.png)
More rate cuts are being announced by lenders all the time as they vie for business and anticipate the Bank of...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders take too long on mortgage offers claims agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Estate agents’ body Propertymark has issued a report called ‘A Dickensian Legal Process’ exploring why it takes long and longer to...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender enhances flexi range after broker feedback](/upload/images/shutterstock_14446201.jpg)
Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has enhanced its flexible mortgage range, cutting selected rates by up to 30bps and launching new...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Commercial mortgage FinTech bank wins lending accreditation](/upload/images/23%2011%2013%201%20shutterstock_98277620.jpg)
Atom, a UK app-based bank, has been accredited as a lender by the British Business Bank under the new Growth Guarantee...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Sale idea revived by troubled Metro Bank](/upload/images/23%2008%2024%202%20shutterstock_1718282725.jpg)
It appears that Metro Bank has resuscitated a plan to sell much of its mortgage book after being rescued from potential...
10 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buckle Up - two thirds of mortgage business coming in H2](/upload/images/shutterstock_2318414109.jpg)
Brokers can look forward to a strong second half of 2024, according to an industry leader. Rob Jupp, group chief executive at...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate and Labour Tax worries hit prime property market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2282272973.jpg)
Price growth in high-value prime areas has been put on hold given uncertainty surrounding the General Election, according to the latest...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Roadshow back in top gear this autumn](/upload/images/shutterstock_760112407.jpg)
Mortgage Brain’s Mortgage Vision roadshow is back this autumn. The mortgage technology provider is heading to new locations with an expanded line-up...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage rate hitting affordability and hurting market](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367412269(2).jpg)
The Nationwide has calculated that house buyers with mortgages are now pay far above the long term average. The lender, in its...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Approvals Dip - Gross Lending Up](/upload/images/shutterstock_387290161(1).jpg)
Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyers sceptical that politicians will improve their chances](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Fewer than half (46%) of potential first-time buyers believe this week’s General Election will improve their buying prospects, despite manifesto pledges. Labour...
03 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyers deterred by over-strict mortgage rules - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1015072978.jpg)
New research from the Intermediary Mortgage Landers Association suggests that the cumulative shortfall in first-time buyer numbers since the financial crisis...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big banks drop rates and likely to trigger copycat cuts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
HSBC has made extensive cuts to rates levied on a vast range of residential and buy to let mortgages, coming into...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender broadens flexible mortgage range for self-employed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Aldermore has expanded its mortgage range to appeal to self-employed contractors operating via a limited company or sole trader, enabling them...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgaged Homes Could Easily Improve Energy Efficiency - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/_EPC5-400x310.png)
The significant majority of mortgaged residential properties currently below Energy Performance Certificate band C could achieve band C or above by...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![New Fixed-Rate Products for buyers of new-build homes](/upload/images/24%2002%2027%20%20%2003.jpg)
The West Brom - the UK’s seventh largest building society - is now offering a range of fixed rate mortgages to...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sharp Criticism for obstinate Bank of England over rate hold](/upload/images/shutterstock_2189935121(1).jpg)
There’s been particularly sharp criticism for the Bank of England’s decision at the end of last week to hold base rate...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Higher Mortgage Rates sucking life out of the housing market](/upload/images/240617%20%2001.jpg)
A number of major mortgage lenders have announced rate increases just as the election campaign enters its second half. Barclays has increased...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender blames slow mortgage approvals for gazumping](/upload/images/240617%20%2002.jpg)
Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in getting a mortgage, new research from Market Financial Solutions...
17 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Shelf Life Halved in just One Month - new figures](/upload/images/240612%20%2001.jpg)
oneyfacts data reveals the average shelf-life of a mortgage has dropped to 15 days, down from 28 days a month prior. Month-on-month...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage Moans - Watchdog asks why rates are so much higher](/upload/images/240612%20%2002.jpg)
Jersey's mortgage rates have been consistently higher than those in the UK, sparking concern among consumers and prompting our investigation, according...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender returns to 95% mortgage market with new deals](/upload/images/240612%20%2003.jpg)
After a brief absence for what it calls “operational reasons” the Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% market with...
12 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Industry sceptical about Labour's Mortgage Guarantee scheme](/upload/images/24%2006%2010%20%2002.jpg)
The industry is sceptical about the effectiveness of Labour’s nw ‘Freedom To Buy’ initiative, which effectively makes the current mortgage guarantee...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![New mortgage platform claims to benefit broker partners](/upload/images/24%2006%2010%20%2004.jpg)
Newcastle for Intermediaries has launched a new mortgage platform for its broker partners. Following the announcement of its new broker website and...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Call for review of mortgage affordability criteria by new government](/upload/images/24%2006%2005%20%2002.jpg)
Rightmove says there should be a review of mortgage affordability criteria undertaken by the next government. The portal’s mortgages expert Matt Smith...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lenders start to pull high LTV mortgage products](/upload/images/24%2006%2005%20%2003.jpg)
Despite a more subdued period for the mortgage market, analysis by Moneyfacts shows a handful of lenders pulled higher loan-to-value deals. Last...
05 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Building Societies' mortgage lending booms ahead of banks](/upload/images/24%2006%2003%20%204.jpg)
Building societies' mortgage balances grew in the six months between October 2023 and March 2024, when they had declined across the...
03 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![FinTech invite to brokers to free Mortgage and Rental Masterclass](/upload/images/24%2005%2030%20%2001.jpg)
FinTech company Mortgage Brain has partnered with large scale buy to let lender The Mortgage Works to host a free Mortgage...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender opens large-loan mortgage range to all brokers](/upload/images/24%2005%2030%20%2004.jpg)
Dudley Building Society has made its residential large loan mortgage range accessible to all brokers. Up until now, access to the building...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Election Warning - Rate Cut on Ice and Lending Slows](/upload/images/24%2005%2028%20%2001.jpg)
There’s a warning that the general election campaign will probably mean that the interest rate cuts hoped for in June will...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Digital bank buys out specialist buy to let mortgage lender](/upload/images/24%2005%2028%20%2004.jpg)
UK digital bank Chetwood Financial has completed the acquisition of the buy to let mortgage lender CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries from...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Debt Consolidation Range from lender targets older borrowers](/upload/images/24%2005%2022%20%2005.jpg)
LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has launched a new up to 100% standalone debt consolidation...
22 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![At last! Mortgages market confidence finally recover from Liz Truss disaster](/upload/images/24%2005%2020%20%2001.jpg)
The latest report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) reveals that intermediary confidence in the industry increased in Q1 2024. Some...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good news as High Street borrowers cut rates once again](/upload/images/24%2005%2020%20%2002.jpg)
There was good news over the weekend as rates reductions announced late last week kicked in. Barclays has cut a number of...
20 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landlords Make Radical Mortgage Changes to Ease Rising Costs](/upload/images/24%2005%2015%20%2002.jpg)
Many buy to let landlords have made financial changes during the cost of living crisis to mitigate the rising costs of...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Landbay cuts stress testing requirements on like-for-like remortgages](/upload/images/24%2005%2015%20%2003.jpg)
Buy to let lender Landbay has enhanced its like-for-like remortgage range with new lower stress testing, alongside new rate reductions. For landlords...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![FinTech link allows lender to offer ultra-fast insurance quotes](/upload/images/24%2005%2013%20%2002.jpg)
Nottingham Building Society has partnered with insurance technology firm, Uinsure to provide home insurance quotes in as little as 60 seconds. Members...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Interest Rate impact on Mortgages - a six month analysis](/upload/images/24%2005%2013%20%2003.jpg)
Interest rates for borrowers have shown mixed signs of both rises and falls over the past six months. Moneyfactscompare has analysed...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![High Street lenders: Most hike rates, one reduces them](/upload/images/24%2005%2009%20%2001.jpg)
HSBC has made a slew of changes and increases to its residential and buy to let mortgage products. The bank is introducing...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage costs push housing market into north-south divide](/upload/images/24%2005%2009%20%2003.jpg)
It might look like house prices have stabilised, staying relatively flat over the first four months of 2024, but at least...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mutual cuts rates twice in a week, against the trend](/upload/images/24%2005%2007%20%2002.jpg)
The Hinckley & Rugby building society has announced two cuts to rates across its mortgage range in short order. After rate cuts...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide mortgages dry up for highest flood risk applicants](/upload/images/24%2005%2007%20%2005.jpg)
A report on there Bloomberg news agency suggests that the Nationwide Building Society is using new technology to identify areas at...
07 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgages target borrowers with CCJs and defaults](/upload/images/24%2005%2001%20%2001.jpg)
Aldermore is reintroducing a broader range of mortgages for owner occupiers. The lender says it wants to support often “overlooked customers” with...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![All change - more rate and product changes from major lenders](/upload/images/24%2005%2001%20%2003.jpg)
Several of the UK’s biggest lenders have raised rates on their mortgage products this week already, as speculation grows that the...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Popular lenders change rates and products for landlords](/upload/images/24%2004%2029%20%2002.jpg)
Keystone Property Finance has expanded its services by introducing further advances for landlords undergoing product transfers. As part of Keystone’s PT Plus...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Warning of missed mortgage payments growing in number](/upload/images/24%2004%2029%20%2004.jpg)
A new survey suggests that almost half a million Britons are set to miss a mortgage payment in the next six...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds and Barclays profits drop as mortgage competition surges](/upload/images/24%2004%2029%20%2005.jpg)
Lloyd’s pre-tax profits were just £1.6 billion between January and March, down from £2.3 billion for the same period last year. The bank...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shock as major mortgage lenders increase rates](/upload/images/24%2004%2024%20%2001.jpg)
Five major lenders - NatWest, Barclays, Accord, Leeds Building Society and HSBC - have all announced rate increases so far this...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Credit Set to be More Selective as lenders’ worries rise - new stats](/upload/images/240422%20%2004.jpg)
New Financial Conduct Authority statistics display housing market turbulence over the past two years, raising concerns about buyers and lenders in...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender drives energy efficiency with new tech partnership](/upload/images/240422%20%2005.png)
Specialist lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to help customers make their properties more energy-efficient and environmentally...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - the latest trends in UK lending and borrowing](/upload/images/24%2004%2017%20%20%2002.jpg)
A new report reveals the latest trends in UK lending and borrowing, compiled by lending software company Lenvi. The most notable trends include...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top Three Lenders invest in improved house buying process](/upload/images/24%2004%2015%20%20%2002.jpg)
Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Over 120,000 borrowers slash payments via Mortgage Charter](/upload/images/24%2004%2015%20%20%2004.jpg)
Monthly payments on some 123,000 home loan accounts were cut in the first eight months of the government’s Mortgage Charter. The...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Housing Market shows sign of improvement despite high rates](/upload/images/24%2004%2010%20%2003.jpg)
UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March. Nevertheless, the annual rate of house price growth edged higher to 1.6% in...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Going Down - Mortgage advisers sentenced over £3m fraud](/upload/images/24%2004%2010%20%2004.jpg)
Mortgage advisers Larry Barreto and Tassib Hussain have been sentenced for fraud offences following a prosecution brought by the Financial Conduct...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Crisis - lending plummets and arrears soar](/upload/images/24%2004%2008%20%2001.jpg)
There’s been a huge rise in the number of buy to let property repossessions in the first quarter of 2024 compared...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Good News of Approvals from the Bank of England](/upload/images/24%2004%2008%20%2003.jpg)
Mortgage approvals jumped 7.7% in February to 60,383, and were 40% higher than they were a year ago, new figures from...
08 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Down-valuations biting hard across Britain](/upload/images/240404%20%2002.jpg)
New research shows that sellers in Wales are likely to be hit hardest by a down valuation, with the average home...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![April Mortgage’s long-term deals win additional exposure](/upload/images/240404%20%2003.jpg)
Legal & General Mortgage Club has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving additional exposure to April’s long-term fixed-rate remortgage...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender shows its active support for Armed Service Personnel](/upload/images/240404%20%2005.jpg)
Aldermore has signed the Armed Forces Covenant in the presence of two-star Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Munro and several colleagues who have...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Jury’s Out - Is the YBS 99% mortgage a good idea?](/upload/images/240402%20%2001.jpg)
Yorkshire Building Society new fee-free offer will enable first-time buyers across England, Scotland or Wales with a £5,000 deposit to purchase...
02 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender hires TV property guru to highlight empty homes scandal](/upload/images/240327%20%2001.jpg)
Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Rates Continue to Fluctuate Across Mortgage Sectors](/upload/images/240325%20%2003.jpg)
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...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Wealth manager launches attack on Halifax’s age limit U-turn](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2001.jpg)
Mortgage lender Halifax is imposing a new 70-year age limit on the terms of its home loans for some borrowers. This has...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Growing Mortgage Arrears set off alarm bells for leading analyst](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2002.jpg)
New Mortgage Lenders and Administrators statistics for Q4 2023 paint a very worrying picture of the mortgage market. That’s the view of...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tide Is Turning: fewer people worried about mortgage repayment costs](/upload/images/24%2003%2020%20%2005.jpg)
Fewer people are concerned about paying their mortgage and fewer believe mortgage affordability is a barrier to home buying. That’s the verdict...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Outrage at “shameful” Halifax move to cut maximum age on some products](/upload/images/24%2003%2018%20%2001.jpg)
There’s been an angry reaction to news that from today - March 18 - Halifax is changing the maximum age allowed...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mortgage shelf-life plummets and lenders hike rate](/upload/images/24%2003%2018%20%2002.jpg)
The average shelf-life of a mortgage product is just 15 days, with lenders increasing fixed rates, says Moneyfacts. Average mortgage rates on...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Many landlords to end fixed-rate deals soon, says lender](/upload/images/24%2003%2018%20%2005.jpg)
Some 40% of residential landlords with a mortgage - fixed, tracker or discount - are due to renew their mortgage rate...
18 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![New analysis shows link between rates and longer mortgage terms](/upload/images/240313%2003.jpg)
The ‘average’ 25 year mortgage term is increasingly becoming a thing of the past says USwitch. A recent study of the data...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Nationwide’s bold move will make it even bigger mortgage lender](/upload/images/240311%2001.jpg)
The Nationwide Building Society has agreed to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9 billion deal - a rare example of a...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tech-boost for Dutch-style mortgage provider entering the market](/upload/images/240311%2002.jpg)
April Mortgages has struck a deal for new technology to help it introduce Dutch-style loans into the UK. The new mortgage type...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![IMLA accuses Hunt of “sop” in Budget that does nothing for rental sector](/upload/images/240311%2005.jpg)
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has given the thumbs down to the Budget of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The trade body was disappointed...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Budget Day - Rightmove pours cold water on 99% mortgage idea](/upload/images/24%2003%2006%20%2001.jpg)
Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents impatient with mortgage lenders despite better news on sales](/upload/images/24%2003%2006%20%2002.jpg)
The estate agents’ trade body has made the unexpected move of calling on banks to cut mortgage rates. Rates are typically decided...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Experts slam lenders for ultra-short notice repricing of mortgage products](/upload/images/24%2003%2004%20%2001.jpg)
Experts have lashed out at lenders who reprice products, sometimes with just a few hours’ notice. And many suggest that lenders are...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Was Halifax rate reduction just a cynical marketing ploy?](/upload/images/24%2003%2004%20%2002.jpg)
Last week Halifax - previously an outlier amongst major lenders - announced it was raising rates, following the likes of Santander,...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![BTL fixed rates plummet as product choice rises again](/upload/images/24%2003%2004%20%2003.jpg)
The buy to let mortgage sector has seen fixed rates fall to their lowest point since September 2022, according to analysis...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Innovative new trackers aim at buy to let and development investors](/upload/images/24%2003%2004%20%2004.jpg)
Hampshire Trust Bank has launched a limited edition two year discounted Flex tracker across its buy to let and semi-commercial offerings....
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![FCA launches working group to probe interest-only mortgages](/upload/images/24%2002%2028%20%2001.jpg)
The Financial Conduct Authority is working with 12 lenders and administrators to probe the interest-only mortgage market. The number of IO and...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Lender says first time buyers lean heavily on families to bag first mortgage](/upload/images/24%2002%2028%20%2002.jpg)
A survey of 2,000 adults by lender Together sheds light on parental help for first time buyers. It shows that a fifth...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Halifax throws “a massive mortgage curveball” defying rivals](/upload/images/24%2002%2026%20%2001.jpg)
Halifax moved entirely in the opposite direction to its rivals at the very end of last week, cutting rates instead of...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Most Rates Up Again - optimism plummets amongst brokers and analysts](/upload/images/24%2002%2026%20%2002.jpg)
It’s been a torrid time for rates, going back up for HSBC, Santander, TSB, Virgin Money, NatWest and many other mainstream...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty’s damage to borrowers exposed by building society](/upload/images/24%2002%2026%20%2003.jpg)
The true cost of stamp duty is two thirds greater than the tax itself because it obliges buyers to spend far...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Worst Case Scenario - mortgage costs up hundreds per year](/upload/images/24%2002%2021%20%2004.jpg)
A specialist lender claims that first-time buyers could see annual mortgage costs climb by £398 per year, while landlords suffer a...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![NatWest rates up and plenty of others to follow - warning](/upload/images/24%2002%2019%20%2001.jpg)
NatWest has made changes to its product ranges for both new business and existing customers. New borrowers can expect a rate increase...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Two year fixes fall by fastest rate since 2022 - Moneyfacts](/upload/images/24%2002%2019%20%2003.jpg)
Average mortgage rates on the overall two- and five-year fixed rate deals have now been falling for six consecutive months. The overall...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Specialist lender Cohort Capital hits bridging milestone](/upload/images/24%2002%2019%20%2004.jpg)
After reaching the milestone of £250m in 2022, specialist lender Cohort Capital increased originations by 60 per cent in 2023 to...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Higher LTVs for borrowers aged 70 and 80, says Pure Retirement](/upload/images/24%2002%2019%20%2005.jpg)
Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has continued its ongoing product development in its Heritage range. The Special 3 product will offer up...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![It’s Back! Confidence returns to the mortgage market says IMLA](/upload/images/240214%2001.jpg)
The latest Mortgage Market Tracker report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association reveals that confidence has returned to the mortgage market,...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![First Time Buyers aged 50-plus “one of fastest growing sectors”](/upload/images/240214%2002.jpg)
There were 12,000 first time buyers over the age of 50 in the UK in 2022, the latest figures available. This means that...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![UK Finance lobbies government for new Help To Buy and less Stamp Duty](/upload/images/240214%2004.jpg)
Lenders’ trade body UK Finance wants the government to use next month’s Budget to announce a new Help to Buy scheme...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Octane Capital issues a brutal warning on mortgage rates](/upload/images/240214%2005%20%20by%20Jonathan%20Samuels.jpg)
By Jonathan Samuels, chief executive of specialist property lender Octane Capital, writes: The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates on...
14 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionary new mortgage product sees rates fall as LTV improves](/upload/images/240212%2001.jpg)
There’s been widespread speculation that the UK is just weeks away from seeing the launch of a Dutch mortgage product with...