Mortgage

Number of affordable homes falls 7% in eight months: MBT 

The percentage of enquiries considered to be affordable has dropped from 80% in January to just 73% in August, according...

Coventry cuts rates on select interest only and offset deals

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced rates on a selection of its offset and interest-only mortgages. The interest-only range is being...

Homeowners need mortgage help as furlough ends: BSA, UK Finance

Struggling homeowners will need help paying their mortgages as the furlough scheme ends this month, say UK Finance and the...

Sales to first-time buyers rise in August: Propertymark

First-time buyers made for 28% of house sales in August, an increase on the 20% recorded in July, according to...

Need To Remodel Your Home?

What kind of FHA loan product is right for your home repair projects? Some people want to fund a remodeling...

First 4 Bridging hires account manager and underwriter

First 4 Bridging has hired an account manager and bolstered its underwriting team, with the appointments of Drena Gashi and...

Nationwide, Accord cut resi and BTL rates

Nationwide Building Society will cut two and three-year fixed-rate mortgages between 75% and 95% loan to value tomorrow (17 September),...

Industry reacts to new housing secretary Gove

There has been a mixed response by the property and mortgage industry to the appointment of Michael Gove as housing...

Mortgage consultants launch new opportunities programme

Mortgage consultants Jeff Knight and Steve Sandiford have launched a Discovery programme to unearth new opportunities for lenders, distributors, brokers...

Clydesdale ups max LTV for new-build houses to 90%

Clydesdale Bank has increased the maximum LTV available on residential new-build houses from 85% to 90% LTV. For new-build flats...

Iress upgrades Exchange to show range of protection features

Financial services software maker Iress has upgraded its quote and apply software The Exchange, allowing advisers to compare protection products...

UTB raises max residential loan size to £750,000

United Trust Bank has increased its maximum loan size for residential first charge mortgages to £750,000. The move is the...