Green mortgages

Green buy-to-let choice greater than ever

Mortgages For Business has reported that 'green' product choice in the buy-to-let sector has...

Free mortgage market sustainability webinar next week

The Mortgage Marketing Forum (MMF) has unveiled a Sustainability Webinar for its members and...

Skipton offers discounted additional green borrowing

Skipton mortgage customers looking to make environmentally friendly home improvements can now access discounted...

Barclays unveils new green buy-to-let mortgage

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Green Home Buy-to-Let Mortgage, available to existing and...

Homeowners in favour of reduced mortgage costs based on energy performance

67% of all homeowners, or those who want to become homeowners, would consider a...

43% would opt for green mortgage despite increased cost

Mortgage brokers are seeing increasing numbers of consumers looking for green mortgages, according to...

Industry requires government roadmap on improving energy efficiency

First up, when it comes to improving the energy efficiency of our homes, I...

EPC ratings and their growing importance

Last month, I looked at the issue of EPC ratings in light of COP26,...

MPowered Mortgages unveils new ECO range

MPowered Mortgages has launched its new ECO EPC product range, which offers a 0.10...

Virgin Money improves shared ownership offering

Virgin Money has launched new higher LTV residential rates which come with a £1,000...

Coventry BS extends green improvements incentive

Coventry Building Society is extending its Green Together Reward which offers borrowers an incentive...

Zephyr Homeloans introduces new ‘EPC Deal’ products

Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled a series of new products as part of a range...

Green Finance Institute unveils Green Mortgage hub

The Green Finance Institute has launched a Green Mortgage Hub, an online resource collating...

NatWest to launch green buy-to-let products

NatWest has announced the launch of its green buy-to-let product on 24 November. The green buy-to-let mortgage product...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

Housing reform needs a thriving private rental sector, not just a thriving sales and purchase market

One of the most encouraging developments over recent weeks has been the renewed focus on improving the homebuying and selling process. The Government's plans to...

The economics of developing the next generation of advisers

Over the past couple of decades, I have worked alongside literally thousands of AR and DA firms, from businesses employing one or two advisers...

Is Andy Burnham the New Messiah or just Starmer with better eyebrows?

What a damning indictment of Labour that Andy Burnham appears to be strolling towards the leadership in what looks less like a contest and...

Approvals hit a 2.5-year low: When broker value gets proven – or missed

Net mortgage approvals dropped to 56,200 in May – the lowest since December 2023 - down from 66,000 the month before. Net borrowing fell from...

Removing friction from the homebuying journey

One thing I keep hearing from our advisers is how much more work each case now generates, largely because so much of it involves...

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Financial services firms sign skills pact ahead of Chancellor’s Mansion House speech

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