Mortgage

Barclays sees new home loans tumble 25%

Barclays saw new home loans tumble by a quarter to £22.7bn from a year ago, hit by “subdued mortgage lending...

Gen H cuts rates by up to 10bps on high LTV products

Generation Home (Gen H) has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points on three- and five-year 90% and 95%...

Later life lending numbers cause for concern: say Livemore and Perenna

The latest data on later life mortgage lending from UK Finance reveals there were 29,060 new loans advanced to older...

Holiday lets to fall under tighter planning rules: DLUHC 

Local councils will be given greater power to control holiday lets by making them subject to planning rules, under new...

Harpenden Building Society joins LMS law firm panel  

Harpenden Building Society has joined LMS Panel Link, which connects mortgage lenders with law firms. The conveyancing services firm’s panel...

Cover feature: Will the lender rate cut contest continue?

Shutterstock / ra2 studio Kicking off 2024 with a rate war, lenders showed they meant business this year — much...

Mortgage demand will ‘rebound’ in 2024: EY ITEM Club 

Demand for home loans is expected to “rebound this year, buoyed by the prospect of falling interest rates,” according to...

Suffolk BS relaxes criteria on tower blocks and currencies 

Suffolk Building Society has made three changes to its lending criteria, which boosts its flexibility when the mutual makes lending...

Toni Smith departs PRIMIS Network

LSL Property Services has announced that Toni Smith has left the Primis Mortgage Network. Smith has been with the business...

Podcast: Navigating the Rate Wars & Economic Landscape with Tony Hall

Join Kimberley Dondo and special guest Tony Hall, Head of Business Development at Saffron for Intermediaries, as they delve into...

Paragon launches five-year fixes starting at 4.65%; TAB expands into Scotland

Paragon Bank has added six limited edition five-year fixed rate products to its range of buy-to-let mortgages for portfolio landlords,...

Annual asking prices rise after six months of falls: Rightmove 

Average UK house asking prices came in at £362,839 in February, edging up just 0.1% from a year ago –...