The Moneyfactscompare.co.uk Pick of the Week showcases the best of the latest products or rate changes to hit the consumer finance market. This week, resident Finance Expert, Rachel Springall, has analysed the following deals, along with their...
Mortgage and Property
Conveyancers urged to prepare for squeeze as mortgage costs climb to 85% of household income
Soaring mortgage costs mean that homeowners in Oxford could be paying as much as 85% of their household income on monthly repayments. The desirable university city has topped a list of the most expensive places to live in the UK as ongoing interest rate hikes push...
Paradigm add Market Harborough Building Society to lender panel
Paradigm, the mortgage, protection and compliance services proposition, has today (20th September 2023) announced the addition of Market Harborough Building Society to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm member firms can access Market Harborough’s range of...
Conveyancing Association launch Future Digital Conveyancing Protocol
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has today launched its Future Digital Conveyancing Protocol document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to support the home buying and selling...
Society of Mortgage Professionals launches CPD accreditation mark
The Chartered Insurance Institute’s (CII) Society of Mortgage Professionals (SMP) has launched a new accreditation mark to assure the...
Latest OnTheMarket Property Sentiment Index finds fewer casual browsers, but serious buyers and sellers still active
Chief Executive Officer for OnTheMarket, Jason Tebb's comments can be seen below: Amplified seasonality sees fewer casual...
Pensions gap widens – property wealth key to retirement planning say financial advisers, Nokkel & FNZ report finds
New research released by Nokkel and FNZ, conducted by the lang cat, found 93 per cent of UK financial advisers believe property wealth...
New study reveals the state of mortgage literacy in the UK – 4 in 5 Brits don’t know what an APR is
64% of UK people have taken out a mortgage or personal loan without fully understanding how it works, according to the Money.co.uk...
Interest-only mortgage for debt consolidation could help with cost-of-living crisis
Almost four out of five homeowners (78%) between the ages of 50 and 80 are feeling the effects of the cost-of-living crisis, according to...
Vast majority of landlords won’t buy a property below EPC level C, according to latest Foundation Home Loans and BVA BDRC research
More than seven in 10 landlords (71%) say they are unlikely to buy a property which has an EPC rating of less than C, according to the...
Is it illegal to Airbnb your garden retreat? Property experts respond
The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities for homeowners to generate extra income by renting out their...
64% of monthly income required just to cover tenancy deposit costs
The latest research from Zero Deposit, the tenancy deposit alternative, reveals that the average earner in the UK has to spend 64% of a...
Study reveals that 55% of parents charge their adult children to live at home
Over half (55.1%) of British parents charge their adult children an average of £25.55 per week to live at home Parents in Brighton charge...
Rent is now cheaper than mortgage payments: Where in London are workers are being priced out of the property market the fastest?
It is now cheaper to rent a home than buy one for the first time since 2010, due to the rise in interest rates which are making...
The Right Mortgage announces national training event in October
The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have today (15th September 2023) announced details of their National Training...
Hampshire Trust Bank completes £3.6m finance package across Buy to Let and Bridging
Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has just completed on a £3.6m finance package following an introduction from Callum Taylor of Portway Finance....
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