mortgages
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Features
The mortgage market – the squeeze is on
The fallout from Covid and the Stamp Duty holiday have pushed mortgage demand to unprecedented levels and some buyers are still finding it hard to get a loan, as Richard Reed discovered.
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Buyers beware – increasing mortgage fees
Report warns of the growing number of mortgages with arrangement fees in an apparent bid to gain margins.
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Lender lockdown?
Richard Reed takes the temperature of the property finance market and discovers some worrying effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Housing Market
Bank of England cuts interest rate to 0.25%
The rate cut of half a percentage point by the Bank of England as a monetary stimulus has been welcomed by property experts.
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Products & Services
Borrowers miss out by not switching mortgage deals
Up to 800,000 borrowers missing out due to a lack of time and a fear of the application process, says FCA.
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Mortgage lending: the only thing certain – is uncertainty
The latest UK Finance figures reveal first-time buyer and home-mover mortgages were up, while remortgages were down.
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Features
Referrals… commission… fees
Offering mortgage referral services to new investors, experienced landlords – and homebuyers – could secure your agency’s future.
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Buy to Let… just got bigger
Coventry Building Society has increased its maximum buy-to-let borrowing limit to £750,000, meaning it now offer mortgages on properties worth up to £1.5m.
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Online estate agency to pay mortgage brokers £500 referral fee to recommend its service
Bristol-based Agent Online says it wants to put the power back in the hands of independent mortgage brokers who often lose out to corporate estate agency in-house teams.
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Mortgage approvals drop dramatically, latest figures show
The number of mortgages approved during November 2018 was down by nearly 11% year-on-year as Brexit worries continues to cause problems.
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