UK house price growth to remain positive over the next quarter – Zoopla
The latest Zoopla House Price Index has been published, with the bulk of new pricing evidence coming from...
Lender raises £400m mortgage funding
Specialist lender Kensington Mortgages has raised £400m of funding through the wholesale financial markets. The deal, which was...
Buy-to-let yields improve in the North East
Buy-to-let yields in the North East have increased by 0.12% to 5.09% in the first quarter of 2020...
Scottish Building Society scraps deposits for first-time buyers
Scottish Building Society are helping first-time buyers by scrapping deposits on new-build mortgages. Under the Scottish government’s First...
Hereford sees a surge in buyer demand as housing market reopens
HEREFORD has been named as the city leading a bounce back in buyer demand following the reopening of...
Northern Ireland dealing with pent up demand after reopening
Northern Ireland dealing with pent up demand after reopening - The Northern Ireland housing market is dealing with...
HSBC returns to pre-lockdown timetable for valuations and revives buy-to-let
HSBC is making buy-to-let mortgages available once again and has cleared its backlog of physical valuations in England...
Foundation Home Loans relaunches for first-time landlords
Foundation Home Loans has restarted offering buy-to-let products for first-time landlords. Two-year rates start at 2.94% and five-year...
Skipton reintroduces 85% LTV products
The Skipton Building Society is reintroducing lending at 85% LTV for its standard residential, new build and shared...
Fleet launches 70% and 75% LTV products across core ranges
Fleet Mortgages has launched 70% and 75% loan-to-value (LTV) products across its three core product ranges: standard, limited...
BoE: New mortgage commitments up 6.1% in Q1
The first quarter of 2020 saw a 6.1% year-on-year increase in the value of new mortgage commitments (lending...
Strong mortgage lending in first quarter of the year
The first three months of 2020 saw a rise in mortgage lending before the coronavirus lockdown took hold...
Early signs of BTL mortgage market recovery
Moneyfacts UK Mortgage Trends Treasury Report data, not yet published, reveals that there are glimmers of hope emerging...
Buy-to-let activity was strong in Q1
Buy-to-let house purchases increased by 7% in Q1 2020 year-on-year, UK Finance figures show. Contrastingly first-time buyer numbers...
London and the south buck the trend as mortgage market flattened in Q1
The coronavirus pandemic may have flattened mortgage approvals across the UK but there are still hotspots of activity...