Day: September 29, 2026

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson has welcomed housing secretary Angela Rayner’s speech today, which addressed the regulation of property agents. During her speech at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Rayner highlighted that some estate agents, letting agents and property management agents are exploiting leaseholders… The post Rayner’s focus on ‘cowboy’ property agents welcomed by Propertymark appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

Nationwide for Intermediaries will increase fixed and tracker rates by up to 21bps from 30 September. This includes rates across the lender’s house purchase, existing customers, moving home, first-time buyer and remortgage products. Nationwide for Intermediaries will also increase rates on its switcher and additional… The post Nationwide for Intermediaries to hike rates by up to 21bps appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

TSB and Virgin Money are set to increase rates again. At TSB, the changes are to its product transfer rates and the biggest increase will be on its residential and buy-to-let one-year fixed rates, which will go up by 30bps on Thursday. Two and five-year… The post TSB and Virgin Money to raise rates again appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

Seven in 10 (70%) of young people aged 18 to 40 say their student loan makes it harder to save for a property deposit (equivalent to more than 1.5 million), OneFamily reveals. With both high rents and bills, as well as student loan repayments, OneFamily… The post Seven in 10 young people say student loan stopping them from buying a home: OneFamily appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.

The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries is shortening its product transfer window, while Barclays is improving the way it calculates fees for existing customers who are refinancing. Co-op says that from Friday, borrowers will be able to secure a new product transfer rate up to four… The post Co-op cuts transfer window and Barclays tweaks charges appeared first on Mortgage Strategy.