Mortgage

Barclays snaps up Kensington Mortgages in £2.3bn deal

Barclays Bank has bought Kensington Mortgages for £2.3bn following an auction of the specialist mortgage lender. Kensington, which has 600...

Homes England launches Help to Build Equity Loan scheme

Homes England has launched a Help to Build Equity Loan scheme, which aims to help people self-build or custom-build their...

Mercantile Trust joins the Association of Short-Term Lenders

Mercantile Trust has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). Mercantile Trust is a specialist...

Pepper Money offers BTL landlords free EPC survey

Pepper Money is offering buy-to-let borrowers a free energy efficiency survey, which provides an EPC certificate alongside an action plan...

Sirius launches funding line for experienced developers

Sirius Property Finance says it has launched a flexible funding line for property developers. The specialist debt advisor says it...

Why Choose An FHA Construction Loan?

If you want to build a home on your own lot or on land you buy in conjunction with the...

FCA says data key to tackling online scams

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is using data to tackle online fraud faster by scanning thousands of...

Housing market ‘buoyant’ despite living cost pressure: Propertymark

The housing market remained “buoyant” over the last two months with 78 per cent of estate agents saying most sales...

Cost of living leads to mortgage payment concerns: Trussle

Homeowners are increasingly concerned about the economic climate and how it will affect their household finances, according to research by...

Platform reprices fixed-rate BTL and resi- deals

Platform has re-introduced its range of fixed-rate mortgages after these were withdrawn at the start of the week due to...

Hodge hires Benge as senior BDM for commercial lending

Hodge has appointed Stuart Benge as senior business development manager for commercial lending. Benge joins Hodge with more than 25...

Planning application slump thwarts Govt plans to boost housing stock

Planning applications continued to fall in the first quarter of this year, despite repeated government pledges to build more homes...