Mortgage lender Accord have issued an email out to all subscribing mortgage brokers today to announce that they are launching some new 80% mortgages with a range of different rates and products. Here is a breakdown of what these new products are: Accord are reducing...

According to newly released data from the office of national statistics, mortgage owners in the UK could see their monthly mortgage payments triple in 2023! The ONS, the government department in charge of researching and reporting data and trends in the UK, released a...

Yes, you did read that headline right. No, we aren't completely out of our minds. Just hear us out...ok? 2023 is the year for first-time buyer mortgages and purchases in general. This might sound like a strange conclusion to come to if you have been following the...

In a message sent out to all mortgage intermediaries (brokers) yesterday, Nationwide announced a huge rate reduction to some of their mortgage products. The intermediary arm of the building society announced that they would be making some big changes to standard...

In a new year message sent out to all registered mortgage brokers in the first week of January, Santander gave a round-up of how they have supported brokers and borrowers with their mortgage applications in 2022. Last year was a difficult year in the UK for many...

Now that we are into our first week of 2023, lenders, estate agents, solicitors, mortgage brokers and other property professionals are starting to release data that they have collected throughout the year. 2022 was a very challenging year for property...in fact, the...

In a time where doom and gloom dominates the headlines and all anyone seems to want to talk about is how badly damaged the UK economy is, this update from HMRC this week almost made me quite literally jump for joy. You would have to be living under a rock to not know...

This week it was announced by the UK government that the 95% mortgage guarantee scheme would continue to be rolled our for a further 12-months after a successful 20 month run since April 2021 and helping an estimated 24,000 low deposit buyers to secure a mortgage....

A new 95% mortgage scheme for new build homes has been announced. The scheme will be a collaboration between Country Durham based intermediary The Darlington Building Society and Own New and will focus on helping new build buyers purchase with as little at 5% deposit...

The UK government have announced that the armed forces help to buy scheme will be made a permanent fixture in the UK property purchase market after 8 successful years. The scheme, which was introduced in 2014, was initially going to be a 3 year pilot scheme. But as...

In November 2022, British TV presenter and personality Jonnie Irwin revealed to the world that he had sadly been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Jonnie had been a staple of British television for the last 18 years, most famously as the host of Channel 4's A Place...

In this market update, mortgage experts from Oportfolio mortgages in London will go through the current best residential mortgage rates on the market. Rates change all the time, so these rate may have changed by the time that you are reading this. These products and...