Mortgage

London landlords may need to up rents £600 to remain in profit

Landlords would need to raise rents by £614 a month in London and the South East to remortgage at current...

Aldermore pulls resi and BTL ranges  

Aldermore will pull all of its residential and buy-to-let mortgage fixed-rate products on Monday 26 June “due to wider market...

Govt mortgage summit must ease crisis, say opposition parties  

Opposition parties have called on the Chancellor’s summit with lenders over the mortgage crisis to come up with concrete plans...

Comment: Satisfaction rates say it all

The pandemic finally feels like it’s permanently in the rear-view mirror. Reading about the next novel coronavirus and the fears...

Chancellor calls in lenders over mortgage crisis  

The mortgage summit called by the Chancellor to ensure lenders use forbearance on borrowers struggling to pay their home loans...

FHA Loan Rules For Income: Investments, Trusts, and Promissory Note Payments

Part of the FHA loan approval process involves the lender verifying an applicant’s income. FHA rules state that for purposes...

Rate rise reaction: Bank bids to grip inflation   

Brokers and markets will hope that the Bank of England’s 50 basis points base rate rise to 5% is a...

AMI launches mentoring programme with IMLA and DIFF

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) is introducing a new cross industry mentoring programme in association with the Intermediary Mortgage...

Skipton to increase SVR by just 0.25%

Skipton Building Society has confirmed it will only increase its standard variable rate by 25 basis points, despite the Bank...

Bank raises base rate to 5%

The Bank of England (BoE) has increased the base rate by 50 basis points to 5% — its 13th consecutive...

Business rent twice as expensive as mortgage repayments

It is still cheaper long-term for businesses to purchase a commercial property. The average commercial mortgage repayment is £1,402 pcm,...

Gap between landlord two and five-year loans narrows: Landbay  

The gap between two and five-year landlord fixed-rate remortgage options is closing, data from Landbay shows. Four out of 10...