Most Recent Mortgage News

Santander trims prices on higher LTV on FTB and home mover products – Mortgage Strategy

Santander trims prices on higher LTV on FTB and home mover products – Mortgage Strategy

Santander has reduced rates across first-time buyers, home mover and remortgage fixed rates by up to 0.25%. The reductions include...

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Will AI Lead to Higher or Lower Mortgage Rates?

Will AI Lead to Higher or Lower Mortgage Rates?

There’s this theory that AI adoption will be “massively disinflationary.” In that as the technology improves, we will see big...

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Homeowners brace as rising property taxes test affordability, survey finds

Homeowners brace as rising property taxes test affordability, survey finds

Openness to third‑party help, tempered by privacy The survey also probed attitudes toward outside assistance. Among those who appealed, “53% claim...

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Lock-in effect drives home renovation boom, Redfin says

Lock-in effect drives home renovation boom, Redfin says

With mortgage rates still hovering above 6% and far greater than those seen during the pandemic, homeowners are choosing to...

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Protection firms Whiltshire and Holloway Friendly to merge – Mortgage Strategy

Protection firms Whiltshire and Holloway Friendly to merge – Mortgage Strategy

Protection providers Wiltshire Friendly and Holloway Friendly have today announced proposals to merge. The proposed transfer date is 1 October...

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Mortgage Rates Plummet on Unexpected Peace Deal and Strait Reopening

Mortgage Rates Plummet on Unexpected Peace Deal and Strait Reopening

Mortgage rates just got the best possible news they could get. A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has been...

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Black manager sues Berkshire Hathaway brokerage over alleged training exclusion

Black manager sues Berkshire Hathaway brokerage over alleged training exclusion

The filing paints a picture of an employee left to figure things out on her own. Kerr alleges...

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Fired Fannie Mae workers’ defamation lawsuit dismissed

Fired Fannie Mae workers’ defamation lawsuit dismissed

Dozens of fired Fannie Mae workers are mulling their next steps after a judge dismissed their defamation complaint against the...

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Virgin, Fleet and Kensington announce product updates – Mortgage Strategy

Virgin, Fleet and Kensington announce product updates – Mortgage Strategy

Virgin Money and Clydesdale have announced they will longer offer new buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages. Clydesdale new business BTL products were...

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Big Weekend Ahead for Mortgage Rates

Big Weekend Ahead for Mortgage Rates

Mortgage rates have had one of their best two-week spells in a long time. And they’ve done it during one...

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