Mortgage

Mortgage-related fraud up by a third over past year

Mortgage-related fraud in England and Wales increased by 32.8% in the past year, analysis by bridging finance specialists Apex Bridging...

Virgin Money lifts variable rates by 25bps  

Virgin Money has lifted its mortgage variable revert rates by 25 basis points across the group, following the central bank...

Barratt sees sales and profits fall

Barratt Developments, the UK’s largest housebuilder has reported a fall in house sales and annual profits in what has been...

L&G Mortgage Club adds One Mortgage System to panel 

The Legal & General Mortgage Club has added One Mortgage System to its panel. The CRM platform for brokers says...

Sesame Bankhall Group names Harrison CEO

Sesame Bankhall Group has appointed Richard Harrison as its new chief executive, subject to FCA approval. Bringing more than 20...

Marks to chair Rics Regulatory Tribunal

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) is appointing Alexandra Marks CBE as the new presiding chair of the Regulatory...

Rents hit record £1,261 a month in August: HomeLet 

UK monthly rents hit another record high, averaging £1,261 in August, up 1.4% from a month ago, data from HomeLet...

Market Watch: A few promising signs

Hopefully you have all enjoyed a nice summer, sipping pina coladas and not getting caught in the rain, maybe in...

Private home starts jump 14%: Glenigan  

Private home construction starts jumped 14% in the three months to September, over the previous quarter, proving to be the...

Vida debuts limited edition resi, landlord offers  

Vida has launched a range of limited edition landlord and residential products. The specialist lender says the two- and five-year...

Paragon Bank cuts rates across 22 buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has cut rates across 22 products in its buy-to-let range by up to 26bps. The reductions apply to...

Accord reduces residential rates at higher LTVs

Accord Mortgages is taking the opportunity presented by falling swap rates this week, to cut rates on its residential range...