Mortgage

Gen H cuts rates on all products up to 80% LTV

Gen H has cut rates on all its products with up to 80% loan-to-value, saying it recognises that ‘mortgage costs...

Landlord tax clampdown loses Treasury £1.5bn: NRLA 

Private rented sector tax changes have cost the Treasury £1.5bn in lost revenue and helped propel the lack of homes...

As Student Debt Relief Programs Stall, New Report Shows Borrowers are Struggling

As several of the Biden administration’s student loan debt relief programs are blocked, delayed, or under fire, a new report...

Comment: Change the narrative on PRS

February saw the launch of our report entitled ‘Standards in the PRS’, showing how standards of property in the private...

Danske Bank adds 40-year mortgage term for resi customers

Danske Bank UK has launched a 40-year mortgage term for residential mortgage customers. The new term is available to purchasers,...

FHA Loan Terms Defined

If you are new to the home loan process, there are some vocabulary terms you’ll want to know as you...

Accord lowers BTL rates by up to 0.29% across all LTVs

Accord Mortgages will reduce rates on its buy-to-let (BTL) products across all loan-to-values (LTVs), including cuts of up to 0.29%....

Financial Ombudsman Service posts 9.5% rise in new complaints 

The Financial Ombudsman Service posted a 9.5% rise in complaints it received about financial products in the last six months...

Cost of a home now at 8.3 times earnings: ONS

Full-time employees in England can now expect to spend more than eight times their annual earnings when buying a home,...

UK private rents went up 4.7% in February: ONS

Private rents in the UK increased by 4.7% in the 12 months to February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...

UK house price index: latest figures – and reactions – revealed

UK house prices rose 6.3% in January over a 12-month period, according to HM Land Registry’s latest monthly house price...

Pepper Money cuts resi range by up to 90bps 

Pepper Money has cut rates across its two- and five-year fixed-rate residential range by as much as 90 basis points,...