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The Treasury has sold another slice of NatWest shares, taking the taxpayer’s stake in the high street bank to under 3%. The ...
Lenders continue to make record levels of home loan products available, as the number of deals in March hit an all-time high, ...
Lloyds Banking Group, which owns Halifax, has eased affordability calculations among its lenders for homebuyers and ...
Gatehouse Bank has relaunched its two- and five-year fixed-term home purchase plans with higher finance-to-value limits. The Shariah-compliant lender says this includes up to 95% FTV home purchase ...
Santander has reintroduced sub-4% fixed rates for home movers. The new rates will start from 3.97% for a two-year fixed rate and 3.99% for a three-year fixed rate, both at 60% loan-to-value (LTV). In ...
The stamp duty changes created a spike in activity in Q1 2025 as completions increased by 30% over the quarter, Landmark Information Group reveals. The latest data shows that there was a 71% ...
As we enter the first few weeks of Spring, there continues to be a lot of noise around the future of buy-to-let (BTL) and the wider private rented sector (PRS). However, much as Spring carries ...
The Financial Conduct Authority has established outposts in the US and Asia-Pacific for the first time as the watchdog bids to smooth regulatory friction and boost UK growth. In the US, the FCA will ...
The co-operative bank for intermediaries, HSBC, Gen H and Nottingham Building Society has all announced rate cuts. The co-operative bank for intermediaries will relaunch its mainstream and buy-to-let ...
Homes in England and Wales spend an average of 36 days on the market before a sale is agreed, Zoopla data reveals. The latest figures show that 52% of sales are agreed within the first two months of a ...
West Brom Building Society has lowered rates across its two-year fixed mortgage products by up to 0.31%. The society’s 80% loan-to-value (LTV) remortgage product with a fee of £999 will be cut by 0.30 ...
Mansfield Building Society has returned its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) for debt consolidation to 90% as part of various criteria changes. The society says the move is designed to help homeowners ...