1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (372+ words) Landlords are seeing nearly £90,000 a year in gross rental income from the average UK landlord portfolio, up annually by nearly £16,500 according to Rushbrook. It estimates that the average landlord currently owns 7.3 properties with a combined estimated value of £1.7m. Both the…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (729+ words) The traditional journey onto the property ladder is changing. Brits are buying their first homes later and increasingly after starting families, meaning many reach the market with different financial commitments and housing needs from previous generations. Figures reported by the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) Henry Dannell Private Clients has structured a £5.22 million mortgage at 90% loan-to-value (LTV) for an international professional footballer relocating to the UK to join an English Premier League club ahead of the 2026/27 season. The player, who is in his early 20s, was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (258+ words) More than a million homeowners who took out mortgages in 2024 face a £283 hike in monthly payments or more than £3,000 a year as they move onto their lender’s SVR, according to a Freedom of Information request by Compare the Market from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (203+ words) Nearly nine in ten (88%) brokers have seen an increase in holiday let enquiries in the last 12 months. It comes as investors look to the higher yields of holiday lets compared with standard buy-to-let properties and seek to avoid the regulatory…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (370+ words) Newcastle for Intermediaries has extended its Affordability Boost proposition to new-build purchase applications up to 95% LTV. The feature allows customers who select a qualifying longer-term fixed-rate mortgage to benefit from an affordability assessment aligned with the product’s longer-term payment certainty,…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (296+ words) BetterHome Group is expanding its investment in the UK intermediary market by funding Josewin’s acquisition of Mortgage Support Services (MSS). Josewin is the parent company of HLPartnership and a number of mortgage and protection intermediary businesses, while MSS is the…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (257+ words) More than half (58%) of would-be first-time buyers believe that existing debt would prevent them from being approved for a mortgage, while more than a third (37%) believe that they must find a 20% deposit. The survey of more than 1,000 prospective UK first-time…...