Mortgage

Two years since BoE rate rises began playing ‘havoc’ with mortgage markets  

The Bank of England began a series of 14 consecutive base rate rises two years ago this week, in a...

Virgin Money cuts exclusive rates by up to 36bps, updates cladding criteria  

Virgin Money has cut rates on a range of purchase, remortgage and landlord exclusives, as well as other deals, by...

Market cautiously optimistic upbeat Rics survey shows

The latest RICS UK Residential Survey points to an improved outlook for the housing market. This improvement in sentiment is...

HSBC cuts resi, BTL rates by up to 30bps 

HSBC has cut selected rates across residential and landlord deals by up to 30 basis points. The high street lender...

Bluestone supports FTBs through Deposit Unlock scheme

Bluestone Mortgages is to expand lending to more first–time buyers through the Deposit Unlock scheme. In partnership with Gallagher Re,...

Hinkley & Rugby partners with retrofit specialist

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has partnered with green retrofit specialist Retrogreen to create a new service. The service is...

Landbay cuts small HMO/MUFB rates by up to 15bps, adds new deals 

Landbay has introduced new products and cut prices across its small houses in multiple occupation and multi-unit freehold block fixed-rate...

Five-year average rate falls to 5.07% ahead of BoE rate decision: Rightmove  

The average five-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 5.07% this week, down from 5.30% a year ago, data from Rightmove shows,...

Together lifts securitisation package to £725m  

Together has boosted a warehouse facility to fund property investors and small commercial real estate loans by £200m to £725m....

Contingency Clauses To Consider When Buying A Home

Did you know there are ways to protect yourself from buying a home you ultimately decide you do not want?...

Construction work fell 0.5% in October: ONS  

Construction output fell by 0.5% in October, due to lower levels of new housebuilding, data from the Office for National...

Housing Watch: Urgent call for national planning and reform

The past few years in the housing sector have not been a walk in the park. Change brings forth uncertainty...