Mortgage

Spike in remortgage activity in May: L&G Mortgage Club

A spike in remortgage activity was reported in May as borrowers looked to beat further rate rises, new research from...

Barnard back at Pepper money to head broker relationships 

Pepper Money has announced that Rob Barnard will return to the specialist lender in the newly-created role of director of...

Virgin Money increases rates on core fix products by 0.40%

Virgin Money will be making changes to its core mortgage product offering from 8pm today (21 June). The changes will...

Nationwide raises tracker rates for new and existing customers

Nationwide will lift rates on tracker home loans for new and existing customers across a range of products on Wednesday...

Seller’s Markets, Buyer’s Markets, And FHA Loans

What does it mean to get an FHA loan when you are in a buyer’s market? What does it mean...

BoE move to ditch affordability test is ‘utter madness’: DeVere CEO

The move by the Bank of England to ditch its mortgage market affordability test in August has been branded as...

Blog: The specialist market is open to first-time buyers

I’m not a very political person. So, when Boris Johnson announced last month that he wants to work out a...

Parents more likely to support children if repayment was guaranteed: Generation Home

Parents are twice as likely to offer their adult children a significant sum of money if they knew it would...

Twenty7Tec hires Clifford for COO board post

Twenty7Tec has appointed Mike Clifford to its board as chief operating officer, just days after announcing its acquisition of Bluecoat...

Insurance Watch: Cover all the bases

One in 10 people with a protection policy is considering either reducing or stopping their premiums as a result of...

Transaction figures show small increase in May: HMRC

Residential property transactions in the UK increased on a monthly basis in May, new government figures show. On a non-seasonally...

Foundation Home Loans loosens criteria on professionals range

Foundation Home Loans has expanded the eligible jobs, lifted the maximum loan amount and raised the loan-to-value limit on its...