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Products & Services
Burnham’s move into Number 10 sees mortgage rates rise
Three of the big lenders announced they would be increasing mortgage rates as Andy Burnham enters Downing Street.
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Rental market
Lenders reject flats as service charges breach 1% ‘red line’
SPF Private Clients' Mark Harris warns that if service charges breach 1% of a property’s value, a lender "may decide not to lend".
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Rental market
Landlords reveal ‘incredible resilience’ despite tax and legislation onslaught
A higher-than-expected number of buy-to-let loans were taken out by landlords in the first three months of the year.
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Rental market
Buy-to-let lending falls as banks favour major investors
Nicholas Christofi, of Karis Capital, says banks now consider small and medium-sized investors a higher risk.
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Housing Market
House sales will be lower than expected
"Sales agreed this year look set to be lower than expected at the start of the year", says Zoopla's Richard Donnell.
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Housing Market
Worst mortgage affordability since 2008
Higher borrowing costs are stretching affordability and dampening demand in the housing market, says UK Finance’s James Tatch.
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Regulation & Law
Proposed mortgage reforms to widen pool of buyers
The Financial Conduct Authority has proposed the rule changes so that lenders can help borrowers who have previously struggled to get a mortgage.
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Housing Market
Inflation rises as Middle East conflict drives up prices
Price rises have hit fuel and transport hardest but are expected to soon spread to the rest of the economy.
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Housing Market
Britain’s ‘broken’ housing market at a standstill
Homeowners say moving has become too costly, slow and stressful, according to HomeOwners Alliance CEO Paula Higgins.
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Housing Market
Have eye-watering borrowing costs finally peaked?
Mortgage pricing may have peaked amid the first week-on-week fall in average fixed mortgage rates since the Iran conflict began, says Moneyfactscompare.co.uk
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