Mortgage

NatWest cuts resi, BTL rates by up to 65bps  

NatWest becomes the latest major mortgage lender to cut rates on selected purchase, remortgage and landlord deals by as much...

How Long Does It Take To Refinance Into A Lower Mortgage Rate?

In an age of high mortgage loan interest rates, some borrowers don’t have a choice. They have to buy soon...

Clydesdale reveals cuts to selected fixed rate deals

Clydesdale Bank confirms it is reducing rates on selected mortgage products from Friday 11 August. For exclusive purchase deals, 90%...

Over 85% of later life calculators ‘mislead’ borrowers: ERS 

Over 85% of equity release calculators provide information that is “misleading to consumers”, research from Equity Release Supermarket shows. The...

Persimmon see housing completions fall by 36%

Persimmon saw housing completions fall by 36% in the first half of this year. The company’s H1 results, published today,...

Rise in mortgage arrears for Q2 2023: UK Finance

UK Finance’s latest arrears and possessions data for second quarter 2023 reveals there were 81,900 homeowner mortgages in arrears of...

Paragon launches limited edition 5-year fixes for portfolio landlords  

Paragon Bank has launched a range of limited edition five-year fixes for portfolio landlords, with rates starting at 6.45% and...

HTB extends Dip validity to 90 days

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) is extending its Decision in Principle (Dip) from 30 to 90 days across its specialist mortgage...

Rics house price reading lowest since 2009

The latest monthly Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) report shows the broadest fall in UK house prices since 2009....

Quantum Mortgages cuts BTL rates by up to 110bps  

Quantum Mortgages has cut rates across its entire two-, five- and seven-year fixes by up to 110 basis points. The...

Halifax weighs into resi market with rate cuts of up to 71bps  

Halifax has become the latest major mortgage lender to cut rates on its two-, five- and 10-year residential fixes by...

TMA reveals adverse credit a top priority for brokers in Q2

Adverse credit’ and ‘income types’ were top priority for brokers in the second quarter of 2023, according to TMA Club’s...