Mortgage

TSB lifts 5-year purchase and remo rates by up to 50bps 

TSB will raise its five-year fixed-rate purchase and remortgage rates by up to 50 basis points today (14 July). The...

FHA Loan Options To Consider

There are many options for those who want to buy or refinance a home using an FHA mortgage. Did you...

London HMOs generate lowest yields in Britain – Paragon

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in London are generating the lowest yields in Britain, data from Paragon Bank reveals. The...

Interest-only mortgage searches jump 53% in June: L&G  

Broker searches for interest-only mortgages jumped by more than half last month as borrowers looked to reduce their monthly costs,...

Renters who must provide guarantors almost doubles: Goodlord  

The number of tenants on high incomes that are being asked by landlords to provide guarantors has almost doubled over...

Editor’s Note: Things can only get better

Oh my, July! We may be mid-summer but the mortgage market is still waiting for things to heat up. I...

‘Huge burden’ of housing costs make people rethink retirement

The ‘huge burden’ of rising housing costs could lead to more people putting their retirement dreams on ice, Hargreaves Lansdown...

Together promotes Baguley to channel development director 

Together has promoted Chris Baguley to the newly-created role of group channel development director at the specialist lender. The firm...

Somo adds relationship director and two underwriters 

Somo has expanded its team by hiring a relationship director and two underwriters. The specialist bridging lender has added James...

FHA Loan Approval and Late or Missed Housing Payments

What is the connection between FHA loan approval and late or missed housing payments? The simplest formula given to most...

Lloyds tops lending poll for resi and BTL mortgages: UK Finance 

Lloyds Banking Group snatched the top spot in the annual ranking for buy-to-let lending from Nationwide, according to UK Finance...

Barratt numbers further evidence of housebuilding slowdown

The UK’s largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, has seen a significant fall in profits as rising interest rates and the end...