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29 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Mojo Mortgages’ data has revealed that extending a mortgage from 25 to 35 years can cost the average first-time buyer an...
27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad totalled £9.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest analysis from...
19 August 2024
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The average shelf-life of a mortgage product has dropped to just 17 days, down from 30 days a month, according to...
19 August 2024
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April Mortgages, the lender seeking to introduce Dutch-style longer-term products, has reduced the interest rates on its range of five to...
12 August 2024
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The Mortgage Works (TMW) has reduced rates by up to 0.45 percentage points across its product range, with rates starting from...
07 August 2024
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Zephyr Homeloans, the specialist buy to let mortgage provider, has launched a two-year, fixed, 80% mortgage product across its standard, HMO...
05 August 2024
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Speculation continues to mount about the likely decision by the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee when it debates base rate...
31 July 2024
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Ground-breaking mortgage lender April Mortgages has formed a new strategic partnership with Tembo Money. Tembo Money is a mortgage and savings platform...
29 July 2024
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More rate cuts are being announced by lenders all the time as they vie for business and anticipate the Bank of...
17 July 2024
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Virgin Money has launched The Retrofit Boost, a new mortgage product designed to help home owners improve their property’s energy efficiency. The...
15 July 2024
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The average five-year fixed mortgage rate is now 4.97%, down from 5.91 % a year ago; and the average two-year fixed...
15 July 2024
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Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has enhanced its flexible mortgage range, cutting selected rates by up to 30bps and launching new...
10 July 2024
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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
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Data from UK Finance suggests that interest-only mortgage holders are showing no obvious signs of distress despite interest rates remaining high. There...
01 July 2024
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HSBC has made extensive cuts to rates levied on a vast range of residential and buy to let mortgages, coming into...
26 June 2024
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A new first-time buyer study from Rightmove reveals that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has risen by 61% since the...
26 June 2024
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Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a new non-standard credit buy to let mortgage, following what it calls “significant broker demand.” The BTL...
17 June 2024
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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
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After a brief absence for what it calls “operational reasons” the Suffolk Building Society has returned to the 95% market with...
12 June 2024
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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
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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
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LiveMore, the mortgage lender for people aged 50 to 90 plus, has launched a new up to 100% standalone debt consolidation...
22 May 2024
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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
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Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a range of mortgages to help skilled foreign workers in the UK own their...
20 May 2024
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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
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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
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The Hinckley & Rugby building society has announced two cuts to rates across its mortgage range in short order. After rate cuts...
07 May 2024
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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
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The mutual has announced a refresh of its product range to ensure it continues to meet the complex needs of today’s...
01 May 2024
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The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...
01 May 2024
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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
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Chorley Building Society has extensive enhanced its mortgage range with new products for limited company buy to let investors, holiday lets,...
24 April 2024
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There’s been a bevvy of buy to let mortgage deal changes this week. Shawbrook has made a series of reductions across its...
22 April 2024
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Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...
04 April 2024
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HSBC used the Easter period to launch its Energy Efficient Homes range, tailored for UK residential first time buyers, home movers...
02 April 2024
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The beleaguered construction sector - a good early indicator of later sales activity - has seen a welcome boost in some...
27 March 2024
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Leek Building Society has used its annual report and publication of accounts to mount a stout defence of its methodology regarding...
25 March 2024
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Kent Reliance for Intermediaries - part of the OSB Group - has refreshed products across their residential, buy to let, and...
25 March 2024
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The Cambridge Building Society has re-introduced top slicing on its standard Buy to Let range up to 80 per cent LTV. This...
13 March 2024
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Kensington Mortgages has lowered rates and reduced arrangement fees across selected 90 and 95 per cent Loan To Value products. For its...
13 March 2024
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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
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Hodge has made significant changes to its 50+, Retirement Interest Only (RIO) and Holiday Let Mortgage property criteria. The updates include the...
04 March 2024
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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
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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
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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
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There’s been widespread speculation that the UK is just weeks away from seeing the launch of a Dutch mortgage product with...
12 February 2024
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With the quick-fire mortgage rate cuts which characterised the past month now slipping into the rear-view mirror, the latest changes from...
12 February 2024
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The vast majority of high net worth individuals have faced mortgage rejections and had to accept lower loan-to-value ratios than they...
05 February 2024
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Since the peak in July, the average five year fixed mortgage rate has reduced from 6.11 to 5.07 per cent while...
18 December 2023
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There’s been a sharp decline in household financial confidence in the UK according to the latest UK Finance sentiment survey. The Q3...
11 December 2023
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Low loan to value ratios from mortgage lenders are leaving an estimated 90,000 new build homes empty across the UK as...
06 December 2023
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The average five-year fixed mortgage rate is now 5.21%, down from 5.62% a year ago The average two-year fixed mortgage rate is...
27 November 2023
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Moneyfacts is reporting that there’s what it calls a “thriving choice” of mortgage options. Its latest UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report shows the number...
22 November 2023
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Many of the country’s major lenders - and quite a few smaller ones, too - have slashed mortgage rates in response...
20 November 2023
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Rightmove claims that single first-time buyers on an average salary and with a 5.0 per cent deposit could not afford three-quarters...
06 November 2023
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A host of lenders have announced cuts to their rates in recent days, with Halifax arguably the most significant. It’s launched three-year...
23 October 2023
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Skipton Building Society has made what some brokers call an “unprecedented move” by offering rates for existing borrowers switching products starting...
16 October 2023
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A depressing 64 per cent of people have taken out a mortgage or personal loan without fully understanding how it works,...
11 October 2023
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Brokers have criticised NatWest for allegedly offering a sub-5.0 per cent 60 per cent LTV five -year fixed mortgage rate direct...
27 September 2023
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After six consecutive weeks of mortgage rate reductions - and the expectation of more soon - there are hopes of sub-5.0...
11 September 2023
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There’s been a flurry of rate cuts from lenders serving all sector of the market as a battle begins for market...
28 August 2023
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Beverley Building Society has entered the buy to let market with two new products. Its variable rate BTL for UK customers is...
08 August 2023
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New Freedom of Information data from the FCA - gathered by Quilter, the wealth manager and financial adviser - reveals that...
01 August 2023
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New figures relating to the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme shows significant numbers of people taking out high loan to value mortgage...
25 July 2023
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Nationwide Building Society has returned to lending at 95 per cent loan to value on non-new build flats. The society reduced its...
13 June 2023
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Nationwide Building Society has launched a new Home Energy Efficiency Tool to coincide with the debut of new green loan products. The...
06 June 2023
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Accord is once again cuts rates across its residential mortgage range by between 0.15% and 0.25%, at a time when market...
25 April 2023
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Accord Mortgages is making further changes to its buy-to-let and residential rates. For the second time in as many weeks, buy to...
04 April 2023
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Mortgage interest rates increased by 2.56% in 2022, with a sharp increase from 1.51% in January to a record 4.07% on...
28 March 2023
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Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today announced the launch of two new Limited Edition buy-to-let products in its...
21 March 2023
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Gifts and loans from the Bank of Mum & Dad (BOMAD) totalled £8.8 billion in 2022, according to the latest analysis...
21 March 2023
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Saffron Building Society has announced a full product refresh across its mortgage portfolio, focused on helping borrowers in need of larger...
14 March 2023
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MPowered Mortgages, the fintech mortgage lender using AI to speed up and simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, has...
14 February 2023
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Mortgage holders swallowed another bitter pill last week when the Bank of England raised interest rates for the tenth consecutive time. The...
07 February 2023
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Advisers looking to place business with Leek Building Society via Legal & General Mortgage Club will now benefit from access to...
07 February 2023
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Accord Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let range to offer lower rates to brokers and their clients. The intermediary-only lender is...
31 January 2023
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As of last Thursday, members of Legal & General Mortgage Club can now access two Skipton Building Society products on a...
31 January 2023
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The Mortgage Lender has announced rate cuts across its entire residential range, including purchasing and re-mortgaging products. The specialist lender’s rate reductions...
24 January 2023
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Staying close to a mortgage broker will be an important part of timing a house purchase correctly in 2023. Mortgage rates will...
24 January 2023
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Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a range of highly competitive 60% and 80% two-year fixed rate mortgage products for borrowers looking for...
17 January 2023
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Revolution Brokers claim that bridging loan lending has increased by nearly 50% since the Bank of England base rates began rising...
29 November 2022
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A broad array of buy-of-let and residential products have been relaunched to the market by specialist lender Vida. Do I qualify? The buy-to-let...
25 October 2022
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New research by Revolution Brokers show that the average monthly cost of a variable rate mortgage has climbed by 13.3% so far...
18 October 2022
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The FinTech mortgage lender using AI to simplify the mortgage journey for homebuyers and re-mortgagers, MPowered Mortgages, has recently expanded its...
13 October 2022
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As governmental changes sweep through the nation, countless elements within the property sector have been affected, including mortgages. Market analysis by specialist...
27 September 2022
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More2life announced that a sixth product will be added to its innovative range of services. The new product goes by the name...
18 August 2022
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Research from Benham and Reeves, a lettings and estate agent based in London, shows that despite homebuyers having to pay 50% over...
07 July 2022
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In the UK, homeownership remains one of the main aspirations for young adults and families who envision climbing the property ladder...
21 June 2022
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This week’s roundup takes a look at the latest in the mortgage market, from L&G’s latest addition to its lender panel...
26 May 2022
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Introducer Today returns with a bumper mortgage roundup, this time featuring the latest industry views on mortgage approvals, new and extended...
05 May 2022
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For many, the Easter holidays are now in full swing and with higher demand for holidays, it can be an expensive...
12 April 2022
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This week’s mortgage roundup showcases the benevolence of the mortgage sector, with The Cambridge relaunching its products for expats, while Newcastle...
10 March 2022
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First Time Buyer’s Fortnight aims to give potential homebuyers the information they need to make more informed decisions about the home...
08 March 2022
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This week’s mortgage roundup is all about simplifying the homebuying journey, with a new partnership formed to streamline the buying process and...
24 February 2022
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This week, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Aldermore’s expansion to support more brokers, to Roma...
10 February 2022
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This week’s mortgage roundup is a range of reduced rates and new products across the mortgage market, with Furness Building Society’s...
01 February 2022
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More than three-quarters (79%) of mortgage brokers feel optimistic about how the new-build housing market will perform in 2022, new research...
20 January 2022
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In the first mortgage roundup of 2022, Introducer Today takes a look at the latest mortgage news, from Landay’s bolstered Green...