24 Hour UK Mortgages

View Article  UCB, a part of Nationwide Building Society, enhances self-cert and b2l deals

UCB Home Loans is reducing fixed rates across its entire core range of self-certification and buy-to-let mortgages.

All two-year fixed ...   more »

View Article  Average consolidated loan hits £13k

More than six million people have taken on more debt in the past three years in a bid to get ...   more »

View Article  Bank of America eyeing up UK mortgage market as Downer joins

News currently being spread is that the Bank of America is “actively seeking” to get into the UK mortgage lending market ...   more »

View Article  Lloyds TSB loses mortgage market share

Lloyds TSB, which owns Cheltenham & Gloucester and Scottish Widows, has witnessed a 1% fall in its share of the ...   more »

View Article  Support for HIPs postponement gathers pace

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has taken the same tact as the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) by ...   more »

View Article  Local authorities not ready for HIPs, says expert

Government-backed organisation Council for the National Land & Property Information Service (C-NLIS) has welcomed the CML's call for the postponement ...   more »

View Article  Platform to roll out instant offers by end of year

Platform homeloans has delivered its first same day mortgage offer using AVM technology and its clickdecision online system - and ...   more »

View Article  Countrywide in takeover offer

Estate agency Countrywide plc, the owners of national property agents Bairstow Eves and others, has received a possible takeover offer from ...   more »

View Article  MPC voted 7-2 to maintain rates

Seven members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to maintain the base rate at 5.25% in February ...   more »

View Article  A&L to give Northern Rock and BM run for their money

Alliance & Leicester is to launch a range of deals that combine a mortgage with unsecured lending - competing with ...   more »

View Article  Postpone HIPs, says Council Of Mortgage Lenders

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is calling for the implementation of HIPs to be postponed until full evidence from ...   more »

View Article  Taxman gets tough on buy-to-let

With the lettings market booming, the Revenue wants a bigger slice of the returns, writes David Budworth
The taxman has ...   more »

View Article  New self-cert and b2l deals available

Specialist lender The Mortgage Works (TMW) has made a number of changes to its portfolio and reduced the rates on ...   more »

View Article  Nationwide increases valuation and homebuyer report fees

Nationwide Building Society has upped its valuation and homebuyer report fees across the board.

The new fees will take affect ...   more »

View Article  Quarter of UK lenders offer 40-year mortgage terms

Eight out of 10 lenders are now offering maximum mortgage terms in excess of 25 years, while a quarter of ...   more »

View Article  Estate agents targeted by 'illegal' Home Information Pack providers

Estate agents are being contacted by a number of 'illegal' HIP providers, including several companies based offshore, as the HIPs ...   more »

View Article  Portman to shut down nine branches

Portman Building Society is to close nine of the 26 branches it identified last year as underperforming.

The affected branches ...   more »

View Article  Buy-to-let housing market set to 'expand further'

The buy-to-let market is set to expand further in 2007 with a fifth of those planning to buy a home ...   more »

View Article  January house prices 'rose 1.3%'

UK house prices are still rising strongly despite recent interest rate rises, according to the country's biggest mortgage lender, the ...   more »