Catch up on Mortgage Strategy’s most popular stories this week. Others likely to follow NatWest and HSBC on rate cuts,.. Read More;

Planning permission for new build houses in England fell by a record 20% compared to the year before, data from,.. Read More;

There have been some ‘eye-catching deals’ this week with the mortgage market ‘awash with rate cuts’, according to Moneyfacts latest,.. Read More;

MorganAsh managing director Andrew Gething says consumers’ financial capability must be taken into account following reports in The Telegraph that,.. Read More;

More than four in ten mortgage holders and renters say they are struggling to afford their housing costs, official data,.. Read More;

The Virgin Money group has relaxed a range of its criteria standards for property and self-employed customers.   Virgin Money says,.. Read More;

NatWest has reduced rates across its new and existing customer mortgage products by up to 0.30% From tomorrow, purchase rates will,.. Read More;

TSB will launch remortgage products and cut rates among selected residential, buy-to-let, product transfer and additional borrowing ranges by up,.. Read More;

BM Solutions has announced the launch of top slicing for buy-to-let (BTL) applications. Top slicing enables customers who have a shortfall,.. Read More;

Molo has launched limited edition buy-to-let two- and five-year fixed-rate ranges, relaxed criteria rules for portfolio landlords, and cut rates by,.. Read More;

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)’s specialist mortgages division has entered the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) investment lending market. It says entry in,.. Read More;

A record 74% of landlords who intend to buy a rental property in the next year will do so using,.. Read More;