Mortgage

UK housing slowdown contributes to Savills profits decline

The slowdown in the housing market has contributed to profits slump at Savills, which saw a 18% decline in revenue...

Glenhawk cuts valuation and legal fees on unreg range

Glenhawk, the UK short-term lender, is offering reduced legal and valuation fees. Available to all applications received by 27 March,...

Home Loan Mortgage Insurance Requirements

March 13, 2024 When it is time to buy a new home, borrowers have important decisions to make about mortgage...

KSEYE promotes Thorne to BDM role

KSEYE has promoted Nathan Thorne to the role of business development manager for South England and South Wales. Thorne joined...

Debt charities write to Gove to demand change to Renters Reform Bill

Leading debt advice charities have written to Michael Gove urging him to make amendments to the Renters (Reform) Bill to...

CMA breaks doubling of ground rents for 500 more homes   

More than 500 households are the latest to see the end of the doubling of their ground rents after action...

Comment: It’s not time to party just yet

Falling rates, and competition heating up — at the start of 2024 it felt like our sector had a spring...

Comment: A get-out-of-jail card for mortgage prisoners

There are 200,000 mortgage prisoners in the UK, ensnared in high-interest mortgages and unable to sell or remortgage. Some have...

New housing drives uptick in construction activity in January: ONS

There are signs that the slump in the construction market may be bottoming out, with a modest increase in output...

Pepper Money and Coventry reprice product ranges

Pepper Money has repriced its product range in response to rising SWAP rates. The specialist lender has increased all products...

Metro Bank lifts mortgage book, plans to boost specialist lending  

Metro Bank saw its retail mortgage lending rise 2% to £7.8bn compared to a year ago, adding that it expects...

Atom bank appoints new regional BDM

Atom bank has promoted Samantha Windle to be a new regional business development manager. In her new role, Windle will...