Mortgage
Blog: Inflation will impel FTBs
Some people used to say, not so long ago, that first-time buyers (FTB) were the forgotten element of the UK...
Santander increases rates across resi, BTL and HTB products
Santander is increasing rates across its portfolio of mortgage products. Across its residential range, on two-year fixed rates, products with...
Stamp duty tax receipts jump £5.3bn in 2021
Stamp duty tax collected by the government totalled £15.1bn during April 2021 to January 2022, an increase of £5.3bn compared...
NRLA slams Govt for excluding landlords from cladding redress
Government plans to resolve the cladding scandal penalise smaller buy-to-let landlords, and are based on ‘lazy and false assumptions’ according...
FHA Home Loan Rules And Airbnb
Is it possible to buy a home with an FHA loan to use as an Airbnb-type venture? Borrowers are eligible...
Buyers to get clearer upfront information in home-buying shake up
All property listings will have to include full details on the property’s price, council tax band and tenure from May...
Fleet cuts cost of tracker deals
Fleet Mortgages had reduced rates across its lifetime tracker products by 20 basis points. These reductions apply to its three...
Transaction figures sag in January: HMRC
Residential property transactions in the UK dipped on a monthly basis in January, show new government figures. On a non-seasonally...
Suffolk BS launches new fixes at 95% LTV
Suffolk Building Society has launched new two-year and five-year fixes at 95% LTV. The products, aimed primarily at the first-time...
FCA warns that compensation payments might surge
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) executive director Sheldon Mills has warned the Treasury Committee that the compensation payments might increase in...
What’s on the agenda for buy-to-let in 2022?
Shutterstock/Anna evlanova.ruThe property market boomed last year, including the buy-to-let (BTL) sector. According to UK Finance, BTL purchase activity increased...
Accord increases rates on resi mortgages; withdraws 21 BTL
Accord Mortgages is increasing rates across its range of residential mortgage products and withdrawing 21 buy-to-let (BTL) products. Rates are...
