Mortgage News, Insights & Advice

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...