The mortgage market has yet to fully adapt to the growth of freelance and self-employed working, according to Many Hands Mortgages.
The East London brokerage said many freelancers continue to approach the homebuying process expecting difficulties, despite often earning...
The UK's appointed representative market is becoming more concentrated, with fewer principal firms overseeing a largely stable number of representatives while revenues continue to...
Hodge Bank has expanded its property lending criteria, widening access to mortgage finance for borrowers purchasing a range of more complex property types.
The specialist...
Searches for UK residential property from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) investors increased by 16% during the first quarter of 2026, latest data from Nomo...
First-time buyers’ concerns are shifting significantly by age, with younger buyers focused on upfront costs and affordability, while older purchasers increasingly worry about the...
Shepherds Friendly has appointed Laura Gauden as head of sales as the mutual seeks to expand its intermediary distribution partnerships.
The Manchester-based mutual society, which is celebrating its bicentenary year, has appointed Gauden to lead its sales function and...
Barclays is reducing rates across a broad range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products from 24 June, with cuts of up to 36 basis points and the launch of new fixed-rate and offset products.
The lender has announced widespread...
ModaMortgages has removed application fees from its limited-edition buy-to-let mortgage products, weeks after reducing rates across the range.
The lender said application fees have been scrapped on its limited-edition two-year and five-year fixed-rate products, meaning borrowers using those deals...
West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across a number of higher loan-to-value mortgage products, including deals aimed at borrowers with smaller deposits.
The mutual has lowered pricing on both its 90% and 95% loan-to-value (LTV) purchase products as...
Last year mortgage technology specialist Fignum appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent to scale its operations and deepen its role as...
Every few months, it seems, another report emerges suggesting buy-to-let no longer stacks up as an investment proposition. The headlines are often dramatic, the...
The past week has brought further reassurance for borrowers. With the Bank of England holding the base rate as expected and inflation remaining steady...
We’ve seen another week of mainstream lenders reduce their rates with more reductions predicted this coming week. This shows more comfort and confidence around...
The Stamp Duty threshold at which homebuyers begin paying tax has remained unchanged since 2006, despite average house prices in England rising by 84% over the same period, according to analysis from Coventry Building Society.
The £125,000 nil-rate threshold was introduced in 2006 and, while...
The UK bridging market is, in many ways, a natural fit for Shariah-compliant finance because both are fundamentally built around real assets, partnership structures...
Every time the housing market stalls the same thing happens and people call for stimulus, this time: abolish stamp duty.
The logic feels intuitive - reduce a transaction cost and you free up movement, encourage activity, help buyers onto the ladder. Politicians reach for it....
Afin Bank has added L&C Mortgages to its broker panel as it looks to increase access to its specialist lending products for borrowers who fall outside mainstream criteria.
The lender, which specialises in serving customers who are often underserved by high street providers, will make...
