A collective of leading mortgage brokerages are joining forces this festive season to raise upwards of £50,000 in aid of tackling homelessness across the capital.
Mortgageforce UK, Brightstar and Coreco are spearheading Take Me Home 25 - Christmas Charity...
The problem with having a thoroughly inexperienced Chancellor and a properly ‘woodenheaded’ Prime Minister, is that they are learning the job ‘on the hoof’...
The scale of the asylum housing crisis is stark. According to Reuters, more than 32,000 people were being housed in hotels at the end of June – an 8% increase on the previous year. The number of asylum...
Landlords holding investment property through limited companies are playing an increasingly prominent role in the buy-to-let mortgage market, according to new research from Pegasus Insight.
The study found that one in five landlords now owns at least one property...
UK property transactions edged up in July as confidence begins to return to the housing market, according to the latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
The provisional seasonally adjusted number of residential transactions rose to 95,580 in July,...
Gateway Surveyors is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, marking two decades of growth as one of the UK’s key providers of residential surveys, valuations and panel management solutions.
The firm, which launched in 2005, has built a reputation...
As teachers and students of various ages have spent August nervously opening exam results following years of study that will determine their ability to...
The buy-to-let market never stands still, but the pace of change in recent years has been remarkable. The days of the so-called ‘accidental landlord’,...
Homes listed above market value take more than twice as long to sell, Zoopla has warned, as house price growth shows signs of stabilising over the summer months.
The latest Zoopla House Price Index shows that sales agreed are up 5% on last year, while...
The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as those with high LTV mortgages, might need a more comprehensive advice process beyond what is required to be provided right...
Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges.
There...
Access Financial Services has added April Mortgages to its lender panel, giving brokers access to a range of long-term fixed rate products, including no-deposit and interest-only deals.
April Mortgages, which entered the market earlier this year, offers 5, 10 and 15-year fixed rate mortgages for...
