Some really good news this week for leasehold homeowners. The government has confirmed that from 30 June, ground rent will be banned on residential leases as part of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act. Ground rent is basically a sum […]
This week, Nationwide launched a mortgage with interest rate that’s fixed at 0.99% for five years. The building society has dropped interest rates on its mortgages by up to 0.4% across the board so this is not strictly speaking a […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced some great news for leaseholders this week that will see some people getting a refund on their ground rent or being able to buy the freehold for their homes at a discount. […]
The new government-backed 95% mortgages have now officially launched, with Lloyds, Santander, Barclays, HSBC and NatWest among the first lenders out of the gate. Virgin Money will be following the gang with its own version from next month. It means […]
A couple of new mortgage products launched this week, indicating that lenders may be feeling quietly optimistic about the property market. Metro Bank launched their “near prime” residential mortgages, which are basically targeted at those with “imperfect” credit histories who […]
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