Mortgage

Leeds BS and Together cuts rates for landlords, small deposit borrowers 

Leeds Building Society has cut prices for borrowers with smaller deposits have been cut by up to 43 basis points,...

Prime property house prices past ‘peak pain’: Savills  

Falling prime central London house prices eased to a 0.2% fall, while prime outer London slipped by 0.3% during the...

LV= appoints Carnegie as chief commercial officer   

LV= has appointed Katherine Carnegie as its chief commercial officer who will join the investment and protection firm’s executive team...

Landlords welcome pragmatic revisions to rental reform plans

UK landlords are pressing MPs to back pragmatic changes to the Renters Reform Bill to ensure it works for the...

Twenty7tec adds Perenna to Source search engine   

Mortgage platform Twenty7tec has added Perenna to its Source search engine, as the long-term lender broadens its distribution. The home...

UK housing market activity on the up: Rics

The December 2023 RICS UK Residential Survey shows activity picking up, and an improvement on November’s figures as the trend...

Industry welcomes proposed reforms to Building Societies Act

The mortgage industry has welcomed the proposed reforms to the Building Societies Act 1986. The Act’s Amendment Bill will have...

Broker Focus: Louise McCaffery, team manager, The Mortgage Adviser Scotland

Describe your firm in a few sentences The Mortgage Adviser Scotland is a team of talented mortgage advisers based in...

Nearly half of FTBs get help from govt schemes

Almost half (45%) of first-time buyers purchased their property with help from a government scheme. This is according to a...

Lenders say mortgage demand fell in Q4, forecast to pick up in Q1: BoE  

Mortgage demand for home loans and remortgages fell in the final quarter of last year, but both are expected to...

Virgin Money scraps interest-only cap for LTI ratios  

Virgin Money has removed its interest-only cap, so this repayment method no longer features in the bank’s loan-to-income ratio. The...

Mortgage 1st launches specialist lending brand

Mortgage brokerage Mortgage 1st has launched a specialist lending brand to keep up with unpredictable market conditions. Specialist 1st will...