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Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

Labour plan could see ‘affordable homes’ sold to private buyers

Labour is reportedly preparing to let developers sell off newly built “affordable homes” to...

Santander cuts rates and launches new large loan products

Santander has reduced residential and buy-to-let fixed rates across its new business and product...

Nationwide sees 53% increase in Helping Hand deals

Nationwide’s decision to offer borrowing of up to six times income has seen a...

Just Mortgages makes key new build and shared ownership hire

Just Mortgages has appointed Alan Finney as divisional sales director for its specialist new...

Housing market holds firm but still falls short

The UK property market has shown signs of resilience this autumn but remains too...

Roland McCormack on driving transformation in the mortgage market

The Teams window flickers into life and then Roland McCormack appears in the bottom...

Construction output edges higher as housing repairs offset weak new build

UK construction output grew modestly over the summer, driven by a rise in housing...

New-build sales slump 62% as buyers await price stability

Sales of new-build homes have fallen sharply this year despite improved mortgage availability and...

Skipton targets first-time buyers with new-build mortgage support

Skipton Building Society has outlined a series of measures designed to help brokers and...

New-build homes attracting wider range of buyers, says Alexander Hall

New research from mortgage adviser Alexander Hall suggests that new-build homes are no longer...

Housebuilders launch new equity loan scheme to boost homeownership

A group of UK housebuilders have joined forces with lenders and asset managers to...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy,...

Q&A: Jason Berry, Crystal Specialist Finance

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Jason Berry, group sales director at Crystal Specialist...

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Why do people peddle untruths on social media? When I say this, I’m thinking specifically of my old mate Martin Stewart who can be...

Mansion tax plans resurface as Prime London prices slide

Thirteen years since the Liberal Democrats first proposed a Mansion Tax on properties over £2 million the Treasury is reportedly considering the same plan. Even...

Chris Williams on being the architect of connection

For most of the last decade Chris Williams has been dissecting the machinery of the UK property market and helping industry understand how it...

Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

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Landlord optimism rebounds as buy-to-let sector steadies ahead of Budget

Confidence among buy-to-let landlords has more than doubled over the past year, according to...

Nationwide expands interest-only lending to first-time buyers

Nationwide Building Society has introduced a major expansion of its interest-only mortgage range, including...

Santander trims home mover mortgage rates

Santander is cutting rates across its residential fixed mortgage range for home movers and...

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