Santander is the latest lender to announce rate increases, effective 22 July. The lender has said it will push prices up on fixes rates across its new business range. It also says there will be an expansion of its range with new 10-year fixes for… The post Santander becomes latest lender to push prices up appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
New prime minister Andy Burnham has announced he will set out a 10-year plan for Britain later this year. Burnham becomes the UK’s seventh prime minister in just over a decade, taking on the role from Sir Kier Starmer. Today, Steve Reed also announced he… The post Burnham makes first speech as prime minister, Reed steps down as housing sec appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
Overall gross rental yields strengthened to 7.02% by the end of June, compared to 6.96% at the end of Q1, Paragon’s data reveals. The lender’s Q2 buy-to-let (BTL) yields report found yields have been on an upward trajectory since the end of the Covid lockdowns,… The post Landlord gross yields strengthen during Q2: Paragon appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
The debate about whether technology will disrupt the intermediary market is largely over. The more important question now is how quickly the market can move from interest and experimentation to confident, practical deployment. Technology has always changed the way brokers work, from mobile and email,… The post Blog: From disruption to deployment: helping brokers unlock the next phase of mortgage tech appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
It’s a familiar pattern: as mortgage demand softens and brokers’ incomes start to dip, protection sales rise again. Networks consistently stress the importance of protection, yet the protection gap, between those who need cover and those who have it, is remarkably stubborn and appears to… The post Blog: reducing the barriers to protection sales appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.
