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UK house prices increased by 0.3% month on month in July, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in a slight...
05 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Examples set by the big High Street brands could push more lenders into offering sub-4% rates, predicts independent mortgage monitor Moneyfacts. The...
29 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Nationwide has joined a year-old campaign to speed up the home buying process through increased digitisation. The society has joined the Open...
24 July 2024
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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
The Nationwide regional house price indices are produced quarterly, with data for Q2 (the three months up to and incluingJune) showing...
03 July 2024
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The proposed merger between mortgage and financial service providers Nationwide and Virgin Money is to be investigated by the UK's competition...
05 June 2024
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A report on there Bloomberg news agency suggests that the Nationwide Building Society is using new technology to identify areas at...
07 May 2024
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Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, NatWest - along with Rightmove - have announced a strategic investment in Coadjute, a prominent PropTech business. This...
15 April 2024
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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
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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
At the middle of last week Nationwide slashed its rates to the most competitive of all in the current lenders price...
05 February 2024
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The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...
05 February 2024
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The UK's largest building society has slashed its cheapest mortgage rate to an eight-month low and significantly under the Bank of...
29 January 2024
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There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...
10 January 2024
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Karis Capital is launching as what it calls “a premier real estate debt advisory firm with plans to redefine how developers...
11 December 2023
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Rightmove is launching its first broker product, which will allow customers to access mortgage advice through the property website. The portal,...
04 December 2023
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The Nationwide wants greater government support for first-time buyers as rising costs delay owning a home. As one of the UK’s biggest...
29 November 2023
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Nationwide has reduced selected mortgage rates by up to 0.43 per cent across its New Business, Switcher, Additional Borrowing, Existing Customers...
27 November 2023
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The Nationwide says high interest rates are helping to redefine the housing market in terms of transaction volumes and choices of...
11 October 2023
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Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...
09 October 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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Finance tech company Twenty7tec has produced mortgage market statistics for July 2023 - and it’s not all bad news… July was the...
16 August 2023
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The Bank of England’s latest stress test of the financial system suggests that UK's eight largest lenders could survive a worst...
18 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Nationwide says the sharp rise in the costs of mortgages is causing a "significant drag" on the housing market - but...
04 July 2023
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Support appears to be growing for a campaign to improve lender communication and increase the notice given about withdrawn mortgage products. Brokers...
13 June 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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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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The Bank of England last week hiked interest rates by 0.5 percentage points - pushing the benchmark rate to 4% up...
07 February 2023
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Mortgage Brain announced West One as the latest lender to go live on Sourcing Brain and Criteria Brain on the 6th...
11 October 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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Over the weekend, Nat Daniels - CEO of Angels Media, the founder of the Today sites - penned this piece in...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The latest Nationwide house price index, released yesterday morning, reveals that January has seen the strongest start to the year since...
03 February 2022
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A study by Henry Dannell, a specialist mortgage broker, has discovered how London remains the nation’s million-pound property market hotspot despite a...
11 January 2022
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A study by MoveStreets, the property portal designed for the mobile generation, has uncovered how much current home sellers are likely...
06 January 2022
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Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has shown that only a quarter (24%) of consumers know what the Energy Performance Certificate...
02 December 2021
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Deposit Unlock, a mortgage scheme that allows new build buyers to purchase with a 5% deposit, has launched nationally with 17...
02 December 2021
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A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has revealed...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from the property website, Rightmove, has revealed the number of homes listed for sale across Great Britain with an...
04 November 2021
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Tembo, a London-based FinTech on a mission to transform consumer lending through the power of family, has announced that it has...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Paymentshield is launching its first virtual conference of the year to help bring advisers together and create an opportunity for the...
21 May 2021
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Mortgage technology solution providers Twenty7Tec and Eligible ai have partnered to encourage advisers to use technology that will retain existing clients. The...
30 March 2021
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Zahid Bilgrami has been appointed as group chief executive officer of Mortgage Brain. Bilgrami joins the company after 11 years as chief...
11 March 2021
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Some 74% of people do not trust property documentation to be carried out safely and securely online, research from anti-money laundering...
11 March 2021
From: Breaking News
For a number of years now, HM Land Registry (Land Registry) has been one of the most innovative and forward-thinking government...
30 October 2020
From: PropTech
Specialist development lender Puma Property Finance has bolstered its nationwide presence with the relocation of one of its managers, Paul Murphy,...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Paymentshied has announced the appointment of Nasar Hussain as national account manager south to support its network partners and their members. He...
08 October 2020
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Mortgage Brain has confirmed that Nationwide Building Society has joined Lendex, its new multi-lender application and submission gateway. This latest integration will...
19 August 2020
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Castle Trust has appointed Charissa Chang as business development manager (BDM) for the North. With over 17 years of experience working at...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Mortgage Brain has launched this year’s series of Mortgage Vision events. Now in it’s ninth year and having celebrated a 22% increase...
25 September 2018
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The Bank of Mum and Dad is now seeking financial advice and guidance, according to new research from Key. The independent equity...
30 August 2018
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Borrowers opting for the ‘cheapest’ mortgage deal with one of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ lenders could be paying almost £900 over...
07 August 2018
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Metro Bank has appointed Jeremy Cook as head of corporate relationships within its mortgage team. Cook will report directly to Charles Morley,...
02 February 2018
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Kent Reliance has announced three new appointments, which it says will help it cope with increased demand from brokers. The firm, which...
24 January 2018
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Nationwide is the latest building society to join the Equity Release Council (The Council) following its introduction to the lifetime mortgage...
28 November 2017
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Information on the impact of general data protection (GDPR) and how advisers can create their own digital customer experience are just...
02 October 2017
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Amicus Property Finance recently announced that it has appointed three new senior underwriters with long-standing banking experience. Alan Dorrington, Mark Heckles and...
04 August 2017
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It’s been announced that Andrew Moss has been appointed as Product Manager at specialist lender Foundation Home Loans. Moss, who will be...
02 June 2017
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MortgageGym.com, which claims to be the world’s only regulated mortgage robo-adviser, will be launched in the UK in the coming months,...
07 April 2017
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Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced the names of a selection of industry experts who will be speaking at its...
28 March 2017
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Annual house price growth slowed in October, according to the latest Nationwide House Price Index. It fell from 5.3% in September...
07 November 2016
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The headline speakers for Mortgage Vision 2016 have been announced. The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and Nationwide/The Mortgage Works will...
11 August 2016
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Data published this week by the Resolution Foundation confirms the continuation of the downward trend in home ownership in the UK. Since 2003...
04 August 2016
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A green mortgage research project called LENDERS is asking all householders in the UK for their help in completing a survey...
08 June 2016
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Nationwide is reducing selected fixed rate and tracker mortgages by up to 0.25%. It will cut fixed rates up to 75% LTV...
02 June 2016
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Nationwide has announced that it is cutting fixed rates on smaller deposit mortgages. The building society is reducing selected fixed rate mortgages...
10 May 2016
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Nationwide Building Society is increasing its maximum age for mortgage maturity from 75 to 85. This follows last week's move by the...
09 May 2016
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Two sets of industry data published yesterday suggest that house price growth is finally starting to slow. Nationwide's figures showed annual house price...
29 April 2016
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More than 150,000 people have become homeowners through the Government’s flagship Help to Buy housing scheme. New official figures show that 80%...
11 March 2016
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Two new sets of figures show house prices continue to power upwards but property experts warn a slowdown could be in sight. The...
04 March 2016
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Nationwide Building Society has announced the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy Isa savers. Savers are free to claim the minimum...
08 February 2016
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NatWest has been voted the best overall lender for 2015 in the Paradigm Mortgage Services awards. Virgin Money won the award for...
13 January 2016
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Brokers say the housing market is "buzzing" as latest Halifax figures show activity rebounded in December. Prices rose 1.7% in December, reversing...
08 January 2016
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Nationwide is cutting selected deals by up to 0.40% across its range of 95% LTV fixed rate mortgages from today. Its two-year 95%...
06 January 2016
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The 2015 series of Mortgage Vision events saw a 23% jump in broker attendance to the highest level in the event’s...
21 December 2015
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The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut new mortgage rates by up to 0.85% on its Buy to Let 2 year products to...
11 December 2015
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More than 7,000 Nationwide Building Society customers opened Help to Buy Isa accounts in the first week. Some have already applied for Nationwide’s Save to...
10 December 2015
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Two thirds of prospective homebuyers are likely to take advantage of the new Help to Buy Isa yet rates so far...
02 December 2015
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Santander has joined the growing list of banks and building societies that are announcing the rates on their Help to Buy...
01 December 2015
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Leading lenders Halifax and Nationwide have announced how much interest they will be paying on their Help to Buy Isas. The new...
30 November 2015
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Nationwide Building Society is removing all standard valuation fees from its mortgage range. Customers will now be able to select any mortgage...
12 November 2015
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More lenders are announced cut-price mortgage deals just days after predictions that the market was heading for a new price war. Tesco...
09 October 2015
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Nationwide has announced a string of cuts to its fixed-rate range just one day after analysts warned of yet another mortgage price...
08 October 2015
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The number of mortgages for £1million or more has jumped by one-fifth in the last year. The sharp increase has been driven...
05 October 2015
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Figures published yesterday by Nationwide Building Society show the widening gap between in property values in London and the South-east and...
01 October 2015
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The impact of the Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) on brokers will take centre stage at this year’s series of Mortgage Vision...
17 September 2015
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Nationwide and The Co-operative Bank are the latest lenders to join in the recent bout of mortgage rate cutting. This follows a flurry...
16 September 2015
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Nationwide is aiming to boost first-time buyer mortgage lending with £1 billion of new low deposit products. It is launching a range...
10 September 2015
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Lloyds Banking Group has held onto its lead as the UK's biggest mortgage lender despite losing market share. Santander hopped above Nationwide to...
07 September 2015
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The Bank of Scotland attracted more complaints than any other mortgage lender in the first half of the year, just as...
26 August 2015
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The Mortgage Works (TMW) has launched its cheapest ever fixed-rate buy-to-let products with rate cuts of up to 0.50%. It has also...
25 August 2015
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New families can't afford to move up the property ladder in more than 95% of UK towns. New research published today shows they...
10 August 2015
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Nationwide Building Society will back the new government-backed Help to Buy Isa from 1 December. The new offering will run alongside its...
27 July 2015
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Nationwide Building Society is today cutting rates on a number of fixed-rate deals for customers with small deposits. The organisation said it...
16 July 2015
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Brokers remain confident that house prices will continue to rise this year despite new figures showing a fall of 0.2% in June. The surprise price...
03 July 2015
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Halifax and Nationwide have both announced rate cuts across a series of mortgage products. Halifax has cut rates on first-time buyer in...
01 July 2015
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Nationwide has cut its two-year fixed rates for borrowers with smaller deposits by up to 0.25%. And it has made further reductions...
29 June 2015
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Metro Bank has launched a new website to make it easier for brokers nationwide to interact with the bank. Accessed via Metro...