LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

SDL Surveying recruits more in-house surveyors

SDL Surveying has revealed that it received and completed a record number of jobs...

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

LV= has studied how the finances of the UK’s households have been affected by...

The Mansfield resumes holiday let lending

The Mansfield Building Society has reintroduced its holiday let mortgage product with a three-year...

NatWest moves back into 85% LTV

NatWest has reintroduced eight new rates at 85% LTV. The rates, available for both new...

Bureaucratic backlogs boost e-verification adoption

Anti-money-laundering (AML) firm SmartSearch has claimed that backlogs in issuing official ID documents such as...

Mortgage Brain: purchase ESIS “markedly” above pre-Covid levels

Mortgage Brain has reported that the number of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...

32% rise in monthly residential property transactions

HMRC has stated that its provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of UK residential property transactions...

Covid: short-term fall in borrowing by the over-55s expected

New research from more2life and Cebr has found that over-55s are expected to borrow £19bn...

Stamp duty holiday boosts Skipton BTL enquiries

Skipton International has already seen a significant increase in its buy-to-let mortgage enquiries since...

Rightmove: rental demand at record levels

Rightmove has revealed that the average rental asking price is at an all-time high...

Metro Bank relaunches 85% & 90% LTV mortgages

Metro Bank has made positive changes to its residential mortgage range. From today, it has reintroduced...

Dudley: there are alternatives to mortgage holiday

The Dudley Building Society has stressed to brokers with Dudley mortgage customers, who might...

Nationwide unveils new 90% LTV first-time buyer range

The Nationwide Building Society has published details of the products and rates across its...

Mortgage Brain: ESIS numbers continue recovery from Covid

Mortgage Brain has reported that the numbers of ESIS generated through its sourcing systems...
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Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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Analysis

Help to Buy benefits skewed towards higher earners, IFS finds

Government-backed Help to Buy schemes delivered modest improvements in housing affordability, with the gains...
Homebuying

Buying still £500 cheaper than renting despite rates above 5%

Mortgage affordability continues to outperform renting despite rates pushing back above 5%, as lenders...
Property

Property auctions post strong March as sales and funds raised climb

Property auction activity gathered pace in March, with both sales volumes and money raised...
banks

Santander cuts higher loan-to-value rates for first-time buyers and movers

Santander is cutting rates across a wide range of higher loan-to-value mortgage products from...

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