Green mortgages

Homeowners lacking energy efficiency awareness

New research from the Skipton Group has highlighted a gap in home efficiency knowledge...

Majority of renters want properties with EPCs of A-C

58% of private renters would be less likely to look at a rental property...

Paradigm introduces 2023 mortgage market insights videos

Paradigm has launched Paradigm Insights, a series of short interviews with senior lending personnel...

Skipton unveils three new green mortgage products

Skipton Building Society is introducing three new additional green borrowing mortgages to its range. This...

Tandem Bank unveils remortgage product range

Tandem Bank has launched a remortgage portfolio of products, exclusively through the intermediary sector. The...

Climate crisis worrying majority of householders

New research from specialist lender Hodge has found that 52% of British householders are...

Majority of lenders expect green mortgages to remain key to product offerings

Mortgage lenders are warming to green mortgages, according to new research from Mortgage Advice...

Barclays pilots Greener Home Reward

75% of homeowners intend to make energy efficiency-related changes to their homes, with 90% hoping to...

Twenty7Tec: mortgage availability has stabilised

Twenty7tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for October 2022. The...

Only one-quarter of landlords have EPC rating of C or better

71% of landlords in the UK still own rental properties with an energy performance...

Advisers’ clients have little understanding of green mortgages

63% of mortgage advisers say their clients have never heard of the term ‘green...

Mortgage Climate Action Group to host green-focused BTL webinar

The Mortgage Climate Action Group will be hosting a new green-focused buy-to-let webinar for...

Mortgage discounts key to energy efficiency upgrades

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy...

Virgin Money introduces Green Reward programme

Virgin Money is introducing a new environmentally friendly reward scheme for existing residential and buy-to-let mortgage customers....

COMMENT

The new Chancellor wants to remove barriers to growth; he should start with housing

There was probably a degree of unintended irony in the Treasury choosing to call the Chancellor, John Healey’s, first major market ‘intervention’ his ‘Growth...

Brokers are losing the attention battle 1,000 to 3

Take a client you placed on a 5-year fix last year. Over the life of that deal, their bank is now planning to contact...

Triple lock or no triple lock? That is not the question

The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the...

Your clients have already asked AI

The FCA published research on 27 August showing that 56% of 18- to 40-year-olds who hold or are considering investments say they trust AI...

The technology that matters doesn’t make the decision

We have a tendency when talking about mortgage technology to start with what it can automate. How many documents can it process, how quickly can...

Latest news

Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...

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