A new Barclays mortgage product at 3.71% has been announced this week, becoming the latest in quite a few recent announcements from big UK mortgage lenders who are all dropping their rates below 4%. In recent weeks there has been a mortgage 'rate war' or sorts which...
NatWest buy-to-let mortgage products have been hit by some significant rate reductions this morning, giving a boost to both current and aspiring buy-to-let landlord investors. Over the last few years the buy-to-let market has taken a bit of a beating to put it...
This morning Santander joined the bandwagon of UK mortgage lenders dropping their rates below 4%, which is fantastic to see! The new Santander mortgage rates below 4% announced today stretch across their entire mortgage range and are likely to encourage a lot more...
Finance expert and press officer at Moneyfacts.com Rachael Springall released a report yesterday into the re-emergence of Buy-to-let mortgages over the last week or so after being completely decimated in recent months. The financial crisis that the UK (and the world...
Virgin money for intermediaries, the mortgage lending side of the Virgin conglomerate, have announced that they will be making significant rate reductions for some of their mortgage products. These new low mortgage rates are a good sign that mortgages are slowly...
2022, specifically the last few months of 2022, has been a challenging year for everyone and as mortgage professionals we have seen first-hand how 2022 has affected people's finances. A series of rather disastrous financial decisions made by the UK government and...
In a very well received message to all mortgage brokers registered, buy-to-let lender The Mortgage Works (TMW) have announced that they will be the latest in a long line of mortgage lenders who are dropping their rates. In recent weeks, many mortgage lenders have been...
The news we have all been waiting to hear! Finally, 5-year fixed mortgages are below 6% again. The first time this has happened in almost 2 months. Does this signal a drop in all products is on the horizon? Or is this just an anomaly? The average 5-year fixed mortgage...
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New data released by researcher QuMind has revealed that a shocking 62% of Britons that they interviewed are concerned about rising mortgage payments or rent payments if their landlord's mortgage and utilities go up. The organisation interviewed a test group of...
This week has already started with a bang, in a positive way! More and more mortgage lender rates are coming down across products and borrowing is finally becoming cheaper. This week alone HSBC, Virgin, Clydesdale, Coventry and Paragon have all already reduced their...
There are thousands, even millions of articles online targeted at first-time buyers looking to get a single mortgage. But not anywhere near as many for the more experienced borrower who is looking to get a second mortgage. Buying another property for residential...
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In recent months, we have seen a steep increase in mortgage rates with lenders across the board. Although it seems that the dust has now settled and many banks and building societies are now bringing their rates back down slowly, the impact of the rate rises is...
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