LATEST COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS NEWS

Barclays reintroduces large loans and 75% BTL

Barclays Mortgages has made changes across its residential, buy-to-let and reward ranges. The bank is reducing...

PRIMIS sees 29% rise in broker queries since Covid-19 outbreak

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has reported that its product desk resolved a total of 4,641...

Bluestone Mortgages resumes lending full range

Bluestone Mortgages has recommenced new lending activity on all products in its residential and...

New Landbay BTL range offers 75% LTV

Landbay has launched a new product range with loan to values up to 75%...

Surveying a different landscape

Throughout this crisis, and certainly from a housing market perspective, it’s often felt that...

CA provides sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has issued newly-published sector-specific guidance for conveyancing firms in order...

The Yorkshire removes property value restrictions

The Yorkshire Building Society has removed all property value restrictions and returned its maximum...

LMS: May remortgage instruction spike continues

LMS has today published its latest weekly update, tracking remortgage market performance through the...

Cirencester Friendly pilots HCB Group tele-triage service

Cirencester Friendly has appointed the HCB Group to support claimants during the Coronavirus crisis. The income...

Gatehouse Bank raises FTV limits

Gatehouse Bank has introduced 75% Finance to Value (FTV) limits on its buy-to-let and...

IMLA: first-time buyers key to economic recovery

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) is calling on the government to assess the...

Accord ups max loan size and removes property value restrictions

Accord Mortgages has removed all property value restrictions and returned its maximum loan size...

Covid-19: LV= unveils premium reduction option

LV= is introducing a premium reduction option for existing protection policyholders. The provider said the...

Pure Retirement unveils new valuation processes

Pure Retirement has introduced a new valuation processes across its full product range, in...
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We must not accept our snail’s pace home buying system

Buying a house in this country can be ridiculously slow, as a handful of recent studies have highlighted. Research from the House Buyer Bureau...

Deferment and capitalisation rates: small percentages, large consequences

The Government is currently consulting on Leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates to determine what deferment and capitalisation rates should be prescribed under the Leasehold and...

Your clients can’t tell which firm they’re dealing with

Two clients walk into your firm in the same week. One of them is a referral from a mate of yours. Complicated case, self-employed, bit...

It’s time to look at retention

As the summer winds down and the back-to-school routine kicks back in, I urge the industry to turn its attention to something just as...

Landlords are buying – and advisers should take note

There has been no shortage of commentary over recent years suggesting landlords are heading for the exit, buy-to-let apparently no longer works and the...

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HSBC UK to raise rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

HSBC UK will increase rates across a range of two-year and five-year fixed mortgages...
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Gilt turmoil puts fresh pressure on mortgage rates

Rising government borrowing costs are putting renewed upward pressure on UK mortgage rates as...
Economy

UK needs first primary surplus in 25 years, warns NIESR

The UK needs to run its first primary budget surplus in 25 years if...
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Gatehouse launches fee-free refinance products

Gatehouse Bank has launched a range of limited-edition refinance products for UK residents with...

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