Mortgages

New specialist mortgage deals from Alliance & Leicester

Alliance & Leicester is enhancing its range of specialist mortgages. The new range is available from Friday 13 April and includes:

Mortgages – It's all Greek (and Bulgarian) to me

So you have decided on the country and the property is perfect, but without local knowledge and English speaking advice how will you arrange finance for your all important overseas property purchase? There is a one-stop shop based in the City of London which can get you through the mortgage maze in plain English.

GMAC-RFC storms market with ‘MERC’ mortgage

GMAC-RFC has swept the competition aside with the launch of a new product offering non conforming criteria at a mainstream rate and featuring the UK’s first ever rate/redemption swap.

Abbey announces latest fixed rate mortgage offerings

Available from today, Abbey is launching updates to existing mortgage range including a five-year fixed rate stepped mortgage across all channels and a two-year tracker through its direct channels.

Buy-to-let portfolios continue to grow

The number of properties in the average landlord’s portfolio has risen since last quarter, according to the most recent research by Paragon Mortgages.

Record numbers of first-time buyers take out fixed-rate loans

Fears that interest rates could rise next month have led a record proportion of first-time buyers to opt for a fixed-rate mortgage, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

UCB Home Loans launches green booklet for customers

As part of its programme of activity on environmental issues, UCB Home Loans, Nationwide’s specialist intermediary lender, is launching a booklet for its’ customers which outlines ways in which they can take steps to reduce the size of their carbon footprints.

It’s hold for now but inflation continues to be the key

Ray Boulger of John Charcol, UK Independent Mortgage Adviser, comments on today’s decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold Bank Rate at 5.25%.

Britannia makes it easy

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show a massive 85 percent of first time buyers are opting for a fixed rate mortgage.

John Charcol launches lifetime tracker buy-to-let mortgages

John Charcol has exclusively launched a brace of market leading Buy-to-Let (BTL) lifetime trackers:

moneysupermarket.com: Alliance & Leicester 125 per cent PlusMortgage

Commenting on the launch of the Alliance & Leicester 125 per cent PlusMortgage, Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, said: “It is great to see that A&L is spicing up the first time buyer market with the launch of its PlusMortgage.