Chester Mortgage Brokers

04/05/2023

Approvals for residential home loans jumped 18% compared to February, according to Bank of England data - but some fear mortgage rates may rise again.

04/05/2023

Knowledge Bank’s monthly criteria index revealed a host of changes in broker’s top five criteria searches, pointing to tighter household budgets, as they try to place client’s cases with lenders. In the residential category, brokers searching for lenders who accept ‘late or missed payments.....

04/05/2023

The government’s long-awaited Renters Reform Bill will be published next week, housing secretary Michael Gove confirmed. The legislation will "change the way in which the relationship between landlords and tenants work, providing tenants with new protection which should ensure they are better prot...

04/05/2023

It is becoming increasingly important for mortgage brokers to embrace protection. Not because the market is depressed and protection represents a significant income stream. And not because of the new Consumer Duty. But because our clients need protecting. Brokers have a responsibility to ensure thei...

04/05/2023

04/05/2023

PMS Mortgage Club, has enhanced its protection offering by adding Cirencester Friendly as one of its partner firms. Members will now get access to the mutual firm's range of income protection products, covering up to 65% of a customer’s income should they become unable to work due to illness or in...

04/05/2023

The Financial Conduct Authority has set out how it plans to improve the confidence of whistleblowers hand over information to the regulator. The watchdog says it will provide whistleblowers with more detail on what has been done with the information provided -- and its reasons for taking, or not tak...

04/05/2023

The number of mortgages for house purchase rose strongly in March, hitting 52,000 according to the latest Bank of England (BoE) figures. This is a significant increase on the 44,100 approvals recorded in February, indicating confidence is slowly returning to the housing market, after figures fell fo...

04/05/2023

Hometrack has launched a new database, which it says lists the latest information on asking prices, rental yields, sales agreed and core property attributes. The valuations firm Property Listings Data runs on Zoopla data and is aimed at lenders, developers, investors insurers and utility firms. It s...

04/05/2023

VAS Panel has launched a service that provides an additional audit overview of valuations for properties believed to be worth more than £5m. Called 'QC+', the service, which is delivered by one of VAS’s dedicated chartered surveyors, builds on the company’s existing audit procedures which revie...

04/05/2023

The minister is being taken to court by Berkeley Homes after he blocked its 165-home development in Crane Valley, Kent, raising questions over what new homes should look like.