UK Property & Short-Term Finance Insights
HSBC will be decreasing rates across its residential and buy-to-let (BTL) rates, effective tomorrow. The bank does not give advance details of the scale of increases, but Trinity Financial product and communications director Aaron Strutt predicts that “their best deals for those with larger deposits…
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Mortgage advisers have no choice but to embrace technology in order to survive, a former broker has warned. Speaking at MIT Live in London yesterday, panelists discussed the challenges mortgage firms are facing as AI continues to develop at pace, reshaping the market. JammJar founder…
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NatWest has announced rate reductions on its new business, existing customer and additional borrowing product ranges, effective tomorrow. NatWest will have a 5.04% two-year fix purchase from tomorrow, plus a 4.98% five-year fix. The lender is making cuts to its buy-to-let new business rates, including…
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Mortgage brokers have been urged to think like disruptors and challenge the status quo rather than just trying to everything faster. Speaking on a panel at MIT Live in London yesterday, Mortgage Advice Bureau chief data and information officer Renee Hunt said firms need to…
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The latest consumer credit figures should give mortgage brokers plenty to think about, as according to the Bank of England, UK consumers net borrowing through credit cards was £1.2bn in August, up from £0.9bn in July. Net borrowing through other forms of consumer credit (such…
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Mortgage lenders will be given greater flexibility to offer high loan-to-income (LTI) homeloans under new rules from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The regulators will remove the individual 15% cap on high LTI lending while retaining an overall market limit…
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Foundation has made rate reductions of up to 0.10% across selected buy-to-let (BTL) products and enhanced its holiday let product range. Foundation’s BTL rates currently start at 4.99% at 75% loan to value (LTV). Both two- and five-year F2 holiday let products have been reduced…
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Lenders have advanced £250m of semi-commercial mortgages.
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FTB applications fell by 3.5% in Q3 of 2026, compared with the same period last year.
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RAW Capital Partners has already exceeded the value of mortgages completed in 2025, making 2026 a record year with still two months of business remaining.
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