Mortgage
Feature: The consumer duty journey
Shutterstock / GetmilitaryphotosMortgage firms are hard at work reviewing their operations following the Financial Conduct Authority’s new Consumer Duty guidance...
Weekly rate watch: Two- and five-year fixes jump up
The average rate for a two- and a five-year fixed rate mortgage across all LTVs both moved up by 13...
Majority of landlords are supporting tenants during cost of living crisis: Shawbrook
Three quarters (75%) of residential landlords have taken steps to support tenants during the current cost of living crisis, new...
Home sales sentiment ‘robust’ in August: OnTheMarket
Around eight out of ten property buyers and sellers are confident of completing home sales in the short-term, despite rising...
Insurance Watch: The worst time to cancel cover
The cost-of-living crisis is piling pressure onto household finances and is dominating the headlines. Soaring energy, fuel, food and other...
Only 11% expect interest rates to remain the same over the next 12 months: BoE
The latest Bank of England (BoE) Inflation Attitudes Survey found that 73% of respondents said that interest rates had risen...
Feature: BTL lender ratings – a new top dog
Panel members Steve Walker, buy-to-let and residential specialist, The Buy To Let BrokerStephanie Daley, technical adviser, Alexander HallMark Pattanshetti, associate...
Govt figures show 21% rise in number of new homes being built
The number of dwellings where building work started on site was 51,730 between 1 April and 30 June this year,...
Glenhawk seals £200m funding line from NatWest Markets
Glenhawk has agreed a £200m senior funding line with NatWest Markets to boost its regulated and unregulated loans. The specialist...
Buyers most reliant on borrowing start to reduce budgets: Savills
Home movers most reliant on borrowing are starting to reduce their budgets in the face of rising interest rates and...
Affordability rules will prevent slew of mortgage defaults: Brokers
Despite the scrapping of the Bank of England’s lender stress test for mortgage borrowers, brokers believe the right affordability rules...
Scottish prices hit fresh £224,035 record in July: Walker Fraser Steel
Scottish average house prices lifted by 9.7% to a fresh record of £224,035 in the year to July, according to...
