Rise in mortgage products ’cause for optimism’
The number of mortgage products grew by 5.9 per cent in the past week in a sign the...
Accord Buy to Let expands 60-65% LTV range and reduces rates
Intermediary-only lender Accord Buy to Let is adding 13 products at 60-65% loan to value ratio (LTV) with...
Do you need mortgage protection insurance?
Your mortgage is likely to be one of the biggest expenses you need to have every month. Even...
85% of buy-to-let lenders still lending
Some 42 of the 49 buy-to-let lenders operating at the beginning of March are still lending despite the...
Scottish housing market poised for ‘two waves of bounceback’
Scottish housing market is poised for two waves of bounceback with the expectation of a return to pre-coronavirus...
Rightmove puts house price index on hold
Rightmove has temporarily halted its monthly house price index following the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Its final set of...
Rightmove: Sellers pause rather than cancel activity
Most sellers already on the market, and those with a sale already agreed, are continuing with their plans...
Why UK property will endure COVID-19 better than most
The UK Government’s implementation of strict social distancing laws in a bid to contain COVID-19 have been affecting...
Precise launches 60% LTV buy-to-let and resi deals
Precise Mortgages and Kent Reliance have returned to lending with 60% loan-to-value products for first-charge residential and buy-to-let...
Virgin Money relaunches buy-to-let and residential products
Virgin Money is relaunching both resi and buy-to-let mortgages after having paused new lending at the start of...
One in nine UK mortgages now subject to a payment holiday
The number of mortgage payment holidays in place more than tripled in the two weeks between March 25...
1.24 million mortgage borrowers given payment holidays by lenders
More than 1.2 million mortgage payment holidays have been granted to households whose finances have been impacted by...
Payment holiday is top search term in residential mortgages
The COVID-19 mortgage payment holidays introduced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak took top spot during March 2020 as the...
UK house price inflation hit two-year high prior to lockdown
In Q1 of 2020, UK house price inflation increased by 3.3% compared to a year earlier, the best...
Stage Set For Housing Market Bounce Back
Government measures have set the stage for ‘a strong rebound’ in the housing market once the shock of...