Category: UK Property

This week, Specialist Lending Solutions speaks to Gary Melville, internal business development manager (BDM) at Tab.

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Property developers’ costs rose by more than £213,000 on average this summer due to a succession of heatwaves felt across the country, according to research.

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The Housing Secretary has announced reforms to leasehold-related fees, in measures the government said would “fundamentally rewire homeownership”.

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The government’s plans to enable more long-term empty homes to be brought back into use are “long overdue” and should be encouraged by lenders, one has said.

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Almost all aspiring homeowners would redirect some of their student loan repayments into deposit savings if their debt was written off.

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The mortgage market slumped during the summer with the number of approvals falling below the average for the previous six months, the Bank of England revealed today.

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It’s not just the deposit you will need to consider when buying a home – there are other costs you will need to factor in too. Stephen Wards lists five likely – but often unexpected – expenses so you can budget ahead of time

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What’s involved in the remortgaging process and will you need to go through credit checks and other lender assessments? Darren Polson explains the options and what to expect

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Nationwide for Intermediaries will increase fixed and tracker rates by up to 21bps from 30 September. This includes rates across the lender’s house purchase, existing customers, moving home, first-time buyer and remortgage products. Nationwide for Intermediaries will also increase rates on its switcher and additional…

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TSB and Virgin Money are set to increase rates again. At TSB, the changes are to its product transfer rates and the biggest increase will be on its residential and buy-to-let one-year fixed rates, which will go up by 30bps on Thursday. Two and five-year…

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