Mortgage
Annual house price growth steady at 1%: Nationwide – Mortgage Strategy
Annual house price growth held steady at 1% in February, with average prices increasing to £273,176, the latest index from...
23 Feb to 27 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: Market Financial Solutions enters administration and FCA sets out plans to close gaps in borrowers’ credit...
Landlords aware of Renters’ Rights Act but need for greater support: Paragon – Mortgage Strategy
While 98% of landlords are aware of the forthcoming Renters’ Rights Act, most remain unsure about how the changes will...
Vida raises BTL portfolio limit to £7.5m – Mortgage Strategy
Vida Homeloans has started accepting inter-company loans as a source of deposit and increased the limit on portfolio buy-to-let lending...
16 Feb to 20 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: NatWest, Barclays and Virgin make rate changes and FCA boss talks mortgage risk trade-offs in candid...
House buyers paid £899m in Stamp Duty in January – Mortgage Strategy
Homebuyers paid £899m in Stamp Duty Land Tax in January, according to the latest HMRC statistics – up 6% from...
Skipton posts mortgage balances up 7.9% to £33.3bn – Mortgage Strategy
Skipton Group posted mortgage balances growth of 7.9% to £33.3bn in 2025, up from £30.9bn in 2024. The firm, which...
Santander lowers FTB fixes by up to 0.32% – Mortgage Strategy
Santander has reduced rates across all its 85% to 95% loan-to-value (LTV) first-time buyer products by up to 0.32%. The...
09 Feb to 13 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: Nationwide allows mortgage deeds to be signed digitally and NatWest and Rightmove announce three-year partnership Explore...
A quarter of FTBs paid stamp duty before last year’s shake-up – Mortgage Strategy
Almost 37,000 first-time buyers were liable for stamp duty in the year to last April, with an average bill of...
Bellway completions nudge up as order book dips – Mortgage Strategy
Bellway’s half-yearly housing completions rose 2.7% but its order book dipped in a “subdued” Autumn, the housebuilder’s latest trading update...
02 Feb to 06 Feb – Mortgage Strategy
This week’s top headlines: Virgin, Nationwide and Principality lift mortgage rates and ‘mortgage prisoners’ lose Court of Appeal challenge against...
