Mortgage

Young renters need to earn £40,000 to live in London: SpareRoom   – Mortgage Strategy

Young tenants need to earn a £40,000 salary to be able to rent a room in London, data shows.  ...

Wey Bridging Finance joins BDLA – Mortgage Strategy

Wey Bridging Finance is the latest lender member to join the Bridging & Development Lenders Association (BDLA). Wey Bridging Finance...

Santander reprices in both directions, HSBC lifts rates   – Mortgage Strategy

Santander will lift most of its residential new business fixed-rate deals, as selected landlord remortgage offers reprice in both directions...

Imla warns Chancellor against ‘tinkering’ with homes taxes in Budget   – Mortgage Strategy

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association has warned the Chancellor against “tinkering” with property taxes ahead of next month’s Budget in...

The need for climate resilience in new homes – Mortgage Strategy

Shutterstock / Anatoliy_Gleb As floods, heatwaves and storms become more frequent, the need to build climate resilience into new homes...

Halifax, NatWest and Saffron BS make rate changes   – Mortgage Strategy

Halifax will lift selected fixed-rate residential products by up to 13 basis points and trim loans by up to 5bps...

FCA launches Consumer Duty review in bid to cut rules   – Mortgage Strategy

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out plans to streamline its rules and lean more heavily on its wide-ranging Consumer...

Perenna hires Mannakee as national account manager – Mortgage Strategy

Perenna has appointed Steve Mannakee as national account manager. Mannakee, who brings over three decades experience to the role, joins the...

Reed names England’s dozen new towns    – Mortgage Strategy

The housing department will press ahead with the next steps to build 12 English new towns after a taskforce named...

Housebuilders need ‘skill, baby, skill,’ homes body to tell Labour   – Mortgage Strategy

The housebuilding industry needs “skill, baby, skill,” if the country is to hit the government’s target of building 1.5 million...

Nationwide appoints Thompson as director of mortgage intermediaries and partnerships – Mortgage Strategy

Nationwide has appointed Damian Thompson as its director of mortgage intermediaries and partnerships, effective 1 October. Thompson, who has led...

MAB lifts completions 17% to £14.2bn in H1   – Mortgage Strategy

Mortgage Advice Bureau said total mortgage completions lifted 17% to £14.2bn in the first six months of the year from...