Mortgage

Construction in December falls at fastest rate since pandemic: PMI

The UK construction activity fell in December, posting its fastest rate of decline since the early months of the pandemic,...

Precise Mortgages cuts rates, introduces adverse support

Precise Mortgages has cut rates across a range of residential loans and has introduced supporting measures for borrowers with wider...

Virgin Money debuts resi and BTL products, cuts rates by up to 93bps

Virgin Money has launched several new residential and buy-to-let mortgage products, while cutting rates on other offers. The lender debuts...

House price growth slows to 2% in December: Halifax

The average house price rose by just 2% in December, shows new Halifax data. This compares to 4.6% growth in...

Eastwood tops UK home hotspots in 2022: Rightmove 

Eastwood in Nottinghamshire topped the UK’s property hotspots in 2022, with average house asking prices in the area jumping by...

Rising home ownership halted in 2022: Leeds Building Society

The proportion of owner-occupied homes in England slipped last year by 1% to 64%, or 15.6 million households, as homes...

Nationwide cuts FTB rates by up to 60 basis points

Nationwide has made a number of cuts to its fixed rates, including products aimed at first-time buyers (FTBs), remortgagers and...

Foundation Home Loans hires Sarah Hartwell

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Sarah Hartwell as a regional account manager. Hartwell has 20 years’ experience in the mortgage...

The Mortgage Mum launches later-life lending division

Broker firm The Mortgage Mum is set to open a later-life lending division following clients’ expressions of interest in the...

Mortgage searches fall 41% in December: Twenty7Tec 

House purchase mortgage searches in December fell 40.8% compared to the previous month, data from Twenty7Tec shows, but was roughly...

Rental demand in England dips: Barrows and Forrester

Demand for rental property across England fell by 12% between the third and fourth quarter last year, says Barrows and...

Boxing Day sees record number of new listings: Rightmove

There was a 46% yearly increase in new listings of property for sale this Boxing Day, says Rightmove. As well...