Mortgage
Accord to launch first BTL 80% LTVs in seven months
Accord Mortgages is reintroducing buy-to-let mortgages at 80% loan-to-value for the first time in seven months. The new range for...
UFMIP: FHA Loan Rules
If you are a first-time borrower with questions regarding funding fees like the FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIP) and Up...
Improved outlook for parts of commercial property market: Rics
The commercial property sector remained subdued in the first quarter of 2023, although there is a more positive outlook for...
EPC registrations fall 5% in first three months: DLUHC
The number of energy performance certificates granted in the first three months of the year fell 5% to 465,000 compared...
Precise Mortgages launches new residential range
Precise Mortgages is launching a new range of residential products combining lower rates with a wider choice to help brokers...
Labour slams Govt for abandoning first-time buyers
The Conservative government is under fire from Labour’s shadow housing secretary Lisa Nandy, being accused of abandoning first-time buyers and...
Barclays Q1 profit lifts, mortgage business slips
Barclays profit lifted 27% to £1.8bn in the first three months of the year, but added that its mortgage business...
FinSpace expands into second charge mortgages
Specialist finance brokerage FinSpace has announced its expansion into second charge mortgages, in what it says represents a ‘significant milestone’...
Affordability remains key issue for brokers in current market
Affordability and problems with remortgaging remained key issues for brokers in the first quarter of this year, amid continued high...
Taylor Wimpey bullish on year despite weak Q1
UK housebuilder Taylor Wimpey reveals that its net private sales rate for the year to 23 April was 0.75, versus...
TSB cuts rates on selected resi and BTL products
TSB has applied a number of changes to its residential and buy-to-let ranges today. Highlights include rate reductions of up...
FHA Loan Pre-Approval
What is the difference between FHA loan approval and pre-approval for an FHA mortgage? Some borrowers get confused during the...
