Green mortgages

Perenna offers retrofitting discount

Perenna has launched a retrofit discount, a new product feature designed to incentivise homeowners...

Foundation brands introduce new EPC Saver products

Foundation Home Loans' buy-to-let and residential brands have launched new two- and five-year fixed-rate...

Saffron for Intermediaries makes improvements across mortgage offering

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate reductions across a number of products. The changes are...

Residential by Foundation cuts rates by up to 30bps

Residential by Foundation has lowered a number of rates across its product range by...

Virgin Money unveils new 90% LTV products

Virgin Money is launching new products on Thursday 30 May. It is also increasing rates...

Saffron for Intermediaries boosts support for large loan borrowers

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate cuts across three of its owner-occupied and green...

Younger buyers expect green improvements to boost home value

74% of millennial and Gen Z buyers (18 to 34 year-olds) believe energy efficiency...

New fixed rates from Virgin Money

Virgin Money is introducing new mortgage products on Wednesday 24 April. Details are as follows: Product...

Tandem Bank launches new first charge offering

Tandem Bank has introduced a refreshed first charge mortgage range. It says its most...

Lenders and advisers want U-turn on scrapping of EPC legislation

Mortgage lenders and advisers would like to see a government U-turn following the relaxation...

Period properties less attractive to today’s homebuyers

With sustainability and efficiency being prioritised over style, increasing numbers of homebuyers are looking...

Perenna receives government grant funding

Perenna is to use grant funding to refine and launch its Perenna Retrofit Mortgage...

Fall in green mortgage awareness

Awareness of green mortgages is falling among homebuyers, according to new research from Mortgage...

Are we underestimating the cost of retrofitting?

Whether we like it or not, most things in life usually come down to...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Skipton brings brokers and developers together to drive sustainable housing agenda

Skipton Building Society has brought together brokers, developers, and sustainability specialists at its head...

Foundation Home Loans expands residential range and cuts rates

Foundation Home Loans has announced a series of rate reductions and product enhancements across...

ColCap and Molo complete £300m buy-to-let securitisation

ColCap Financial and digital mortgage lender Molo have completed their second securitisation under the...

West Brom cuts mortgage rates to aid first-time buyers and remortgagers

West Brom Building Society has reduced rates across its core two-year and three-year mortgage...

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