UK Property & Short-Term Finance Insights
Change in the mortgage lending and advice markets is “inevitable” but moving too far away from the current intermediated model may come with risks, it was said at the recent Mortgage Solutions British Mortgage and Protection Senate.
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Tipton & Coseley Building Society has expanded its Credit Plus range to include more borrowers with complex credit.
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The advisory firm was welcomed for its broad and practical perspective.
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Rate movements were some of the biggest stories this week, as increases from major banks and Moneyfacts saying further rises were ‘inevitable’ were the most read this week.
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Remortgaging continued to underpin mortgage market activity in August despite a wider seasonal slowdown, according to the latest Mortgage Market Snapshot from Twenty7tec. A total of 1,556,758 mortgage searches were completed during August, representing a 13% fall from July but a 1% increase compared with…
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Average fixed-rate mortgage prices rose this week as lenders made rounds of rate hikes, according to the latest Moneyfacts Rate Watch. The average two-year fix now costs 5.67%, up 7bps from 5.6% last week. Meanwhile the typical five-year fix now costs 5.72%, an 8bps rise…
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UK housebuilder Berkeley Group is urging the government to cut property taxes as cautious buyers keep housing demand subdued in the run-up to October’s budget. The housebuilder has demanded reforms to stamp duty, a property purchase tax, including a 1% cap for first-time buyers and…
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In the launch episode of MS NextGen Podcast, Kimberley Dondo sits down with Joe Maskell, Mortgage and Protection Adviser at The Finance Planning Group and a member of the MS NextGen Class of 2026. The MS NextGen programme is Mortgage Strategy’s flagship 12-month talent accelerator,…
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This week’s top headlines: Mortgage rate rises on horizon as major lenders reprice and more than 8,500 tenanted homes on the market Explore these and other major industry updates below: Mortgage rate rises on horizon as major lenders reprice Major lenders are increasing mortgage…
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Mortgage Brain’s sourcing platform now includes the new lenders 100% LTV products.
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