Mortgage

HSBC lifts buy-to-let SVR, cuts resi fixes   

HSBC has lifted its buy-to-let standard variable rate by 25 basis points to 7.10%. The bank has not changed to...

FOS freezes levy and case fees

The Financial Ombudsman Service has frozen individual case fees at £750 and its levy at £106m for the year 2023/24....

Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 27 to 31 March

Catch up on Mortgage Strategy’s most popular stories this week. Speculation mounts over new EPC deadline for landlords and the...

Make The Most Of Your FHA Home Loan

Your home loan choices aren’t limited to the type of home loan available. The marketplace offers FHA, conventional, USDA, VA,...

One to One: Lucy Barrett, managing director, Aria Finance

What has changed in your role since the merger of Vantage and Enterprise Finance into Aria Finance? My role hasn’t...

Weekly rate watch: Mixed seven days for fixes  

Average fixes were mixed this week, Moneyfacts data shows, with the average rate for a two-year fix rising by 6...

English rents ‘steady’, but high at £1,090 in March: Goodlord  

Average rents in England “held steady” in March at £1,090.57 compared to a month ago, up just 14 basis points,...

BAPSI form changed as part of annual review

Trade and representative bodies have launched the fourth iteration of the Buyer’s and Seller’s Property information form (BAPSI) to ensure...

Accord reduces rates across buy-to-let mortgage range

Accord Mortgages is cutting rates on all products in its buy-to-let range by up to 0.24%. The new rates will...

House prices drop at fastest rate since Summer 2009: Nationwide

House prices fell 3.1% on an annual basis in March, Nationwide says, which is the biggest fall by this measure...

Keystone Property Finance cuts 2-year BTL rates by up to 40bps  

Keystone Property Finance has cut rates for landlords across all two-year fixed-rate products in its Classic range by up to...

Virgin Money cuts BTL, exclusives, core deals by up to 33bps 

Virgin Money will cut a range of core, exclusive, buy-to-let and product transfer deals from tomorrow (31 March). Exclusive highlights...