Day: August 10, 2026

Fraudulent tenancy applications could be exposing the UK’s private rented sector to up to £4.1 billion in financial losses every year, Goodlord research reveals. Goodlord’s research analysed data from over a million tenant references over the last two years and found that 41 tenancy applications… The post Tenancy fraud rise exposing UK rental sector to losses of up to £4.1bn each year: Goodlord appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

July’s remortgage activity continued to strengthen, while purchase and buy-to-let (BTL) searches in the month eased as borrowers navigated affordability pressures and the usual summer slowdown, Twenty7tec data reveals. Twenty7tec’s latest Mortgage Market Snapshot recorded 1,790,196 mortgage searches during July, up 1% on June and… The post Remortgage searches rise 7% in July: Twenty7tec appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

The annual salary required to rent an average-priced home in London jumped by 6.4% year on year to £74,520 in July. The latest salary and rental tracker from Propertymark shows that the capital recorded the strongest monthly growth in average rents of all UK regions,… The post London tenants need £75K salary to afford average rental home appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

ProConvey and Thirdfort have expanded their partnership to end repeated ID checks during home moves. Under the expanded partnership, Thirdfort Identity verification is now embedded within ProConvey’s Fast Track Sale for estate agents and conveyancers, completed by the seller at the point their property is… The post ProConvey and Thirdfort expand partnership appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

HSBC is cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let ranges tomorrow, following moves by other major lenders. The bank does not give brokers advance notice of the scale of any cuts, but scores of rates are set to fall in the reprice. Santander announced rate… The post HSBC to make sweeping cuts tomorrow appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.