Mortgage News, Insights & Advice
All the latest UK mortgage news, insights and advice from the world of mortgage lending and Oportfolio
What Is The Own New Scheme?
The property market is constantly evolving, with prospective homeowners on the lookout for the best opportunities to secure their dream home. And with things like rising house prices and higher cost of living, it is becoming more difficult for people to make that leap...
Lenders Lower SVR Mortgages In Line With Bank of England
In a welcome move for homeowners with SVR mortgages, several leading mortgage lenders have already announced reductions in their Standard Variable Rate (SVR) mortgages following the Bank of England's decision to lower the base rate earlier this month. Effective from...
Zoopla House Price Report: Positive UK Property Market Trends
The UK's housing market is starting to look a lot more positive than it once did, with a notable increase in sales and buyers paying closer to asking prices, according to the latest data from property website Zoopla. The first half of 2024 has seen house prices...
Mortgage Searches Increase Significantly
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...
Virgin Money Increase Mortgage Rates Again
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...
House Prices Rising Or Falling?
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...
How To Prepare For Your First Mortgage
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...
Remortgage Borrowing Spikes
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...
Help To Buy Application Deadline Ends This October
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 Mortgage Rates Increase….Again
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 Mortgage Changes
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...
Accord Increases Maximum Mortgage Affordability
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...
Average 2 Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Now Over 4%
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...
NatWest Mortgage Requirements Changed
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 Bank Perenna Offers 50 Year Mortgages
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...
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