Mortgage

Self-employed status rises in criteria searches: Knowledge Bank

Broker residential criteria searches for lenders who accept self-employed borrowers with just one year’s accounts rose to second in Knowledge...

NatWest launches 95% LTV products and withdraws from scheme

NatWest has launched 95% loan-to-value (LTV) products and is withdrawing from the government’s Mortgage Guarantee Scheme from 22 December. The...

Principality Building Society hires Silcox and Thompson as BDMs  

Principality Building Society has appointed two new business development managers who will look after “key geographical areas” for the business....

New Mortgage Rules And Your FHA Home Loan

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has weighed in on certain mortgage lending practices with an eye on reform; in...

Divided opinion between landlords and renters on PRS regulation: MFS

Landlords say there is too much regulation in the private rental sector (PRS), however, the majority of tenants argue that...

Homeownership appetite remains strong despite high rejection rates: Together

Despite cost-of-living pressures and record-high mortgage rates, demand for homeownership remains steady with over of third (35%) of those aged...

Lending to hit £310bn in 2022 despite ‘uncertainty’: Imla 

Mortgage lending is expected to hit £310bn this year, topping last year’s total, driven by high levels of remortgaging and...

Stonebridge hires Emery as BDM for South West

Stonebridge has appointed Nicole Emery as a new business development manager (BDM) responsible for its member firms in the South...

Residential property transactions up 12%: HMRC

The number of residential property transactions in November was 12% higher than that of the same month last year, according...

Stamp duty tax receipts jump 19% to £14bn: HMRC  

Stamp duty tax receipts in England jumped 19% to £14bn in the period from April to November, up £2.2bn from...

Skipton BS cuts rates across resi and BTL mortgages

Skipton Building Society has cut rates across a further selection of residential and buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages from today (21 December)....

London tops search hot spot as pandemic worries ebb: Rightmove   

London took the top spot as the most searched for UK location in 2022 rising by 9% from the previous...