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Homebuying

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers overseas to change their spending, borrowing or property expectations to make a move possible, according to research from Cotality. The property data and analytics business found that UK consumers showed less...
Buy-to-let

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges, with cuts of up to 15 basis points. The specialist lender has lowered all two-year fixed rates by 15 basis points, while five-year fixed rates carrying 2.5% and 7% arrangement fees...

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Homebuying

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...
Buy-to-let

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...
Building Societies

Saffron expands expat landlord range and eases residential income criteria

Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products...
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Gable zero-deposit mortgages added to Twenty7tec sourcing platform

Twenty7tec has added Gable Mortgages to its RESEARCH platform, making the lender's zero-deposit residential...