Can you use RSUs, bonuses and share income when applying for a mortgage? Learn how lenders assess complex income and why choosing the right lender can make a huge difference.
Mortgage approvals reached a 15-month high while house prices continued to soften. Read the latest UK mortgage market update covering rates, affordability, remortgaging, and property market trends.
Discover how we helped a newly appointed executive secure a £750,000 mortgage while still in their probation period. Learn how lender criteria can make all the difference.
Very encouraging figures released by financial advice platform Twenty7tec this week show that the amount of people searching for a mortgage has increased significantly in the last month despite reservations due to looming economic downturn. Against all odds and...
Mortgage lender Virgin money increase mortgage rates again across their core products, despite only announcing rate reductions for some products a couple of weeks ago. These rate increases from Virgin money are just another example of the mass rate rise panic that...
How much is my house worth if I look to sell in the next 12 months? How much will I have to fork out to be able to afford a house? Will properties become cheaper? Is the UK set for a housing market crash? Are house prices rising or falling? All valid questions...
Finally ready to spread your wings and flee the nest? Already living independently and tired of paying off your landlord’s mortgage for them? Knowing how to prepare for your first mortgage and where to start can seem like walking blindly through a mine field sometimes...
Newly released figures from the Bank of England this month show that remortgaging borrowing figures spiked in July 2022 while regular net mortgage borrowing figures dipped slightly. In June 2022, net mortgage borrowing figures for the country were recorded at...
Since beginning in 2013, the government led help to buy equity loan scheme has helped thousands of home buyers purchase properties in the UK. The scheme was introduced to help people who otherwise might have struggled to purchase a property, buy a house or an...
Barclays Bank have once again increased their mortgage rates. This time the rates have gone up by by up to 28 basis points across their residential purchase, remortgage and buy-to-let mortgage products. This is just another repetition of the country wide lender...
Virgin Money, the banking arm of Richard Branson's massive business empire, have announced that they have made some big changes to both their residential and buy-to-let products. These changes come as countless other lenders make drastic changes to their...
Only yesterday we reported on NatWest increasing their maximum loan to income affordability and now, as if by magic, another lender follows in suit! Intermediary exclusive lender Accord mortgages have announced that they will be pushing their maximum mortgage...
Financial information company Moneyfacts have released figures this week that show that the average 2 year fixed mortgage deal rate now stands at over 4%! Specifically 4.09%. The highest average rate for almost 10 years. Since the Bank of England increased the...
Big changes have come in for NatWest Mortgage Requirements in the last month, and it's good news for mortgage customers, mortgage advisors, and vendors alike! The new changes cover additional income, speeding up application processing and broadened green...
New mortgage lender Perenna has made headlines today as they have been granted a licence to offer 50 year mortgages to their clients! A 50 year mortgage term would absolutely dismantle the long held understanding that between 35 and 40 year mortgage terms were all...
