Barclays Bank has bought Kensington Mortgage for £2.3bn following an auction of the specialist mortgage lender.  Kensington, which has 600 staff,.. Read More;

Homes England has launched a Help to Build Equity Loan scheme, which aims to help people self-build or custom-build their,.. Read More;

Mercantile Trust has become the latest lender to join the Association of Short-Term Lenders (ASTL). Mercantile Trust is a specialist bridging,.. Read More;

Pepper Money is offering buy-to-let borrowers a free energy efficiency survey, which provides an EPC certificate alongside an action plan,.. Read More;

Sirius Property Finance says it has launched a flexible funding line for property developers. The specialist debt advisor says it has,.. Read More;

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said it is using data to tackle online fraud faster by scanning thousands of,.. Read More;

The housing market remained “buoyant” over the last two months with 78 per cent of estate agents saying most sales,.. Read More;

Homeowners are increasingly concerned about the economic climate and how it will affect their household finances, according to research by,.. Read More;

Platform has re-introduced its range of fixed-rate mortgages after these were withdrawn at the start of the week due to,.. Read More;

Hodge has appointed Stuart Benge as senior business development manager for commercial lending. Benge joins Hodge with more than 25 years,.. Read More;

Planning applications continued to fall in the first quarter of this year, despite repeated government pledges to build more homes,.. Read More;

Business confidence slumped in June, with manufacturers and service providers reporting their lowest levels of business optimism since May 2020,,.. Read More;