Mortgage

Weaker purchase activity in Q4 was offset by price growth and strong refinancing

Weaker house purchase activity through last year was offset by price growth and strong refinancing, the latest UK Finance household...

Editor’s Note: Focus on the green shoots

How has your year been so far? The general feeling seems to be that the market is somewhat subdued, particularly...

Accord lifts resi rates for new customers by up to 40bps  

Accord Mortgages will lift home loan rates for new customers by up to 40 basis points in a move that...

Shawbrook makes changes to semi-commercial and specialist BTL products

Shawbrook has made changes to its semi-commercial and specialist buy-to-let (BTL) products for complex cases. Specialist BTL loans between £150k...

ColCap snaps up 80% stake in Molo  

Australian finance firm ColCap Financial has acquired an 80% stake in digital lender Molo in a move that will lead...

Foundation cuts owner-occupier special rates and reintroduces 80% LTV products

Foundation Home Loans has lowered rates across its special product rates for owner-occupiers by up to 10 basis points (bps)...

Market ‘downbeat’ in February but signs of easing ahead: Rics  

The housing market remained “downbeat” in February, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, although a pick up among...

How Do FHA Refinance Loan Requirements Work?

How do FHA refinance loan requirements work? There are myths and misconceptions about FHA refinance loans; knowing how they work...

Atom cuts purchase and remortgage loans by up to 25bps

Atom bank has cut rates across purchase and remortgage products by up to 25 basis points. The app-based lender says...

IWD interview: Lexi Tsalkitzoglou, diversity, equity and inclusion specialist, OSB Group

You are still quite new to OSB Group so how are you finding it all? I knew I was coming...

News Analysis: Long-term growth for seconds

Latest Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) numbers show that, in the year to December 2022, the number of new second...

Monthly cost of a new mortgage went up by 61% on annual basis: ONS

The monthly cost of a new mortgage rose by 61% in the year to December 2022 for the average semi-detached...