Mortgage
Increased broker confidence for 2024: Crystal survey reveals
Interest rate uncertainty and the ongoing cost of living crisis are major concerns for brokers over the year ahead but...
Nationwide cuts minimum visa validity to one year for resi loans
Nationwide Building Society has cut the minimum visa validity period required for residential mortgage applications. The mutual says where an...
Virgin Money lifts maximum resi loan term to 40 years
Virgin Money has lifted the maximum term for all residential mortgages to 40 years. Previously, Virgin Money’s maximum term was...
Rents jump 10% to top £85bn in 2023: Hamptons
Rents are set to jump 10.3% to £85.6bn this year, data from Hamptons shows, marking the biggest annual rise on...
Mortgage Strategy’s Top 10 Stories: 04 Dec to 08 Dec
Catch up on Mortgage Strategy’s most popular stories this week. Economy cooling fast but rates likely to rise again and...
Podcast: Exploring Mortgage Trends and Conveyancing Tech
In the latest episode of the Mortgage Strategy podcast, host Kimberley Dondo engages in a thoughtful conversation with Nick Chadbourne,...
Asking prices fall by £7,000 in December: Rightmove
Average UK new seller asking prices fell by a larger-than-expected 1.9% to £355,177 in December, data from Rightmove shows. Prices...
Landlords with 10-plus properties aim to increase portfolio
Significant structural changes are taking place inside the private rental sector (PRS), according to a survey of more than 1,000...
Fixed rates hit lowest levels in six months: Moneyfacts
The average rates on all loan-to-value tiers across two- and five-year fixed mortgages fell for a fourth consecutive month. And...
Pure Retirement offers higher LTVs on heritage range
Lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement has announced further loan to value (LTV) reintroductions and criteria improvements across its heritage range....
Mortgage lending to fall 5% in 2024: UK Finance
Home loan lending will fall and arrears will rise next year, as higher interest rates and household costs continue to...
Is The Housing Market Entering A Recovery Phase?
After briefly approaching the 8% home loan interest rate range, sources (including real estate company Redfin and NBC.com) report December...
