Lifestyle markets – one to watch as popularity spikes

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Lifestyle locations across the country are growing in popularity as city buyers opt for a tree or sea change. The Whitsunday Islands property market in North Queensland is one to...

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The latest in mortgage news: Arrears rate rises from its all-time low

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Canada’s national arrears rate ticked up from its all-time low in October, according to data from the Canadian Bankers Association. The arrears rate, which tracks mortgages that are behind...

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Weekly mortgage demand jumps 7% as interest rates drop to lowest level since September

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Mortgage interest rates fell for the third straight week, while mortgage demand rose again. Total application volume increased 7% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage...

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Legal & General Mortgage Club adds West One Loans to resi lending panel  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

It adds the deal means brokers writing cases through the club will be able to access the firm’s new range of residential mortgage products from today (24 January).  The lender’s...

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West One joins Legal & General Mortgage Club resi panel  

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

West One Loans has been added to Legal & General Mortgage Club’s residential mortgage intermediary panel, which the specialist lenders says is part of “a major expansion of its distribution...

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New American Funding partners with EasyKnock on sale-leaseback program

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

California lender New American Funding has partnered with EasyKnock, a New York startup that buys homes and rents them back to sellers, allowing clients to access their home equity...

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Holiday let deals ‘bounce back’ from 2022 slump: Moneyfacts 

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Buy-to-let holiday let deals have “bounced back from a substantial drop towards the end of 2022” with more than 400 offers now on the market, data from Moneyfacts shows.  The data group...

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Stamp duty tax receipts increase to £15.7bn: HMRC

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Stamp duty tax receipts in England totalled £15.7bn between April to December last year, a £1.8bn increase on the same period a year ago, HMRC data reveals. Coventry Building Society’s...

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Transaction numbers dip at end of 2022: HMRC

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

The number of residential transactions in the UK during December 2022 was 1% lower than a year previous, totalling 108,960, says HMRC. Compared to the month before, November 2022, this...

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Accord launches products aimed FTBs and lower deposits

By: ameer@trustedteam.com

Accord will launch two mortgages at 95% loan-to-value (LTV) for first-time buyers and remortgagers with lower deposits, available from 25 January at 8am. The new range features rate cuts of...

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