Green mortgages

Leeds BS gives green support to 95% mortgages

Leeds Building Society is allowing homebuyers to offset the carbon footprint of their property...

Only 6% of brokers have ‘sold’ a green mortgage

A recent poll found that 94% of brokers are yet to ‘sell’ a green...

Lib Dems slam government green homes plans

The Liberal Democrats have warned that homeowners who already face rising mortgage costs could...

Paragon relaunches green buy-to-let range

Paragon Bank has reintroduced its buy-to-let green product range, introducing preferential pricing for energy...

LendInvest unveils green property buy-to-let range

LendInvest has announced the launch of a new product range that offers reduced rates...

Homebuyers not prioritising energy performance

The Energy Performance Certificate rating (EPC) of a property is a relatively low priority...

Energy cost spike causing green home improvement interest

The Coventry Building Society has found that homeowners are looking to make their homes...

Leeds BS unveils green buy-to-let range

The Leeds Building Society is extending its range of products for the most energy...

The Coventry offers £500 for energy efficiency

Coventry for intermediaries has launched an incentive for its borrowers to carry out work...

West One launches Funding the Future campaign

West One Loans has unveiled a new environmental sustainability initiative, to fund projects based...

Barclays cuts mortgages by up to 38bps

Barclays Mortgages is making rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges –...

Landbay cuts Special Edition BTL rates

Landbay has unveiled new rate reductions in its Special Edition range and has two...

Climate change and the need to improve EPC ratings

The UK was the first country to set an ambitious target to bring all...

Are strides being made in the green mortgage market?

Back in October 2018 we introduced the Barclays Green Home Mortgage. As the first...
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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

More than 20 financial services organisations have signed a new agreement with government aimed...
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Brilliant Solutions partners with Box Socials

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Solo first-time buyers face almost a decade of saving before they can buy

Solo first-time buyers face saving for almost a decade before they can afford to...

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