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Gen H cuts rates in "a glimmer of light for borrowers"
Fintech lender, Gen H, has just announced that it is launching a handful of rate reductions up to 7 bps across its with-fee...
UK house prices rose by 0.7% in February, says Nationwide
UK house prices rose by 0.7% in February, after taking account of seasonal effects. This resulted in an improvement in the...
Plans for 99% mortgages apparently scrapped - reaction...
The Chancellor has apparently scrapped plans for a 99% mortgage after resistance from the banking community, according to...
Santander increases fixed rates
Santander has just announced it is increasing all residential and Buy to Let fixed rates in the new business range from tomorrow,...
"Rate euphoria of 2024 was short-lived" as Coventry...
Following Santander yesterday, Coventry is the latest lender to announce it is increasing mortgage rates (see screengrab,...
"Lenders raising rates has started to undermine sentiment...
Over the past 2-3 weeks, more and more lenders, such as Santander yesterday, have been hiking rates. Newspage asked brokers...
TSB increases residential rates by up to 0.30%
TSB has just announced increases to their Homebuyer range of mortgage products and some remortgage deals, up by 0.30% depending...
Halifax December 23 House Price Index - reaction
The Halifax has this morning published its December house price index. Newspage sought reaction from a number of property...
Lenders Lowering Mortgage Rates for Low LTV Products:...
Are lenders genuinely trying to help borrowers with low LTV products by reducing mortgage rates, or are they just trying...
Sea of Green on Tuesday Morning as FTSE 100 Rebounds
After a sea of red was seen yesterday amongst FTSE 100 constituents, Britain's main index opened comfortably in the green...
FTSE 100 Housebuilders Spring into the Green Despite...
FTSE 100 housebuilders edged into the green this morning despite house prices declining according to the latest Halifax house...
FTSE 100 Rises as Shop Price Inflation Falls but boohoo...
After an unflattering performance yesterday, the FTSE 100 has essentially dropped back to 7,500 points — where it started...
FTSE 100 Slips Up Despite 'Encouraging' House Price...
The FTSE 100 slipped up after an encouraging start in the early AM. The index is now down in the red along with its...
2- and 5-year SWAP rates head south after Wednesday's...
2- and 5-year swap rates, which determine mortgage pricing, headed south throughout Wednesday and Thursday morning after...
TSB latest lender to announce rate cuts, as SWAPs edge...
TSB was this morning the latest lender to announce rate cuts. With 2- and 5-year SWAP rates also coming down over the past...
Homeowners having difficulty paying their mortgages...
According to UK Finance, more homeowners are having difficulty paying their mortgages. In Q2 of 2023, 81,900 mortgages were...
Catch-22 for first-time buyers
In the Halifax July house price index published earlier, Kim Kinnaird, director of Halifax Mortgages, said “we’re seeing...
"Millions of pounds in interest being lost" in Zombie...
Financial advisers have warned that rising interest rates are resulting in millions of pounds in interest being lost in Zombie...
The Mortgage Works drops buy-to-let rates by up to...
On Friday afternoon, The Mortgage Works announced that, from Saturday 5 August, it would be reducing fixed rates across its...
35+ year mortgages on the rise
Sorry for the tight deadline on this one, quick fire! FCA data shows 88,059 borrowers took a mortgage with a term of...
Latest HMRC property transactions data
At 09:30 this morning, HMRC is publishing the latest residential and commercial property transactions data. It gets widely...
Brokers respond to Tandem "Treating Brokers Fairly"...
Tandem Bank, a lender dedicated entirely to intermediary services, has unveiled its new initiative, “Treating Brokers Fairly”....
Have we seen the end of mortgage rate rises?
12 lenders have reduced their mortgage rates this week (albeit some have also increased their pricing) and average rates...
Mortgage rate outlook
What do you think will happen to mortgage rates over the next few weeks? Are we likely to see more reductions on fixed rate...
High Street versus fintech lenders
UK newswire, Newspage®, asked mortgage brokers and financial services tech experts how fintech lenders compare to traditional...
Lloyds sets aside £1.5bn credit impairment charge
In its full year accounts for 2022 published this morning, Lloyds has announced it has put aside an underlying impairment...
Retail sales fall 0.4% in November
This morning at 07:00, the latest official retail sales was published. It showed a drop of 0.4% in November. Free PR platform,...
Conditional selling likely to rise as transaction levels...
Newspager Mike Staton of Staton Mortgages is not happy. In fact he's fuming about the latest example of conditional selling....
Bank of England widen the scope of its daily gilt purchase...
This morning, the Bank of England has announced that it will widen the scope of its daily gilt purchase operations also to...
Chancellor U-turns on scrapping 45p tax rate
The Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, has announced a U-turn over the abolition of the top rate of income tax for the highest earners....
Brokers on whether certainty of energy price cap could...
Following Liz Truss's energy price cap announcement last week, some brokers have suggested that property market activity...
Trust in Government
At 10am today, an official report was published: Trust in Government UK 2022. The main points were:35% of the UK population...
Is the age of rock bottom rates over?
We asked brokers if the age of rock-bottom interest rates is finally over (almost all believe it is). Also, as more...
Vote of confidence in PM
A vote of confidence in the PM will take place this evening. We sought the views of small business owners around the UK.
Upcycling trends 2022
Upcycling is on the increase, as concerns about the environment grow and the cost of living crisis bites. Newspage caught...
Will there be a house price crash?
With interest rates rising, inflation soaring and the economy creaking, there's growing talk of a house price crash in the...
Are company directors at risk of becoming mortgage...
On Friday, Santander announced that it is making changes to its affordability calculations on 6 April, taking into account...
Brokers and what makes their blood boil
Newspage asked mortgage brokers one simple question:What's making your blood boil right now?Their responses can be seen below.
Mums running their own businesses
This Sunday (27th March) is Mother’s Day and Newspage, in association with local shopping platform, ShopAppy, asked 30 mums...
Inflation and your business or charity
Ahead of the latest inflation data due to be published Wednesday, Newspage is seeking the views of small business and charity...
Supply, supply, supply
A report has just emerged from the ONS showing the number of homes being built in England decreasedin the last three...
Never Knowingly Undersold
John Lewis has retired its “Never Knowingly Undersold” promise to customers because it applies to fewer and fewer sales as...
It's all doom and gloom, right? Wrong.
Newspage has identified 50 small business owners who are actually feeling upbeat about 2022 despite the cost of living crisis...
Conditional selling skyrocketing as demand soars, say...
In recent weeks, a number of independent mortgage brokers have alerted Newspage to underhand practices at certain corporate...
The UK economy and small businesses
This morning, the Office for National Statistics published the GDP data for December. GDP increased by an estimated 7.5%...
Mortgage approvals remain robust in December
Net borrowing of mortgage debt by individuals decreased slightly to £3.6 billion in December, from £3.8 billion in November....
Nationwide: house price growth hits 11.2% in January
“We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.”The drugs have certainly...
ONS data on savings
The ONS this morning published a report showing that, in December 2021, less than half of people (46%) thought they would...
Would you accept payment in Bitcoin or other digital...
Yesterday the UK Treasury announced it will regulate stablecoins, which is arguably a major milestone on the road to the...
Nationwide: house prices edge back into double digits...
House price growth edges back into double digits in NovemberThe UK housing market did what only the UK housing market could...
Electric car chargers in new homes to be made law
Tomorrow (Monday), the PM is expected to announce that new homes in England will be required to have electric vehicle charging...
Bank of England rate decision - your verdict
At midday today, the Bank of England kept rates on hold. We asked small business owners around the UK for their views.
The Autumn Budget - your views
Rishi Sunak today delivered the Autumn Budget. We sought reaction from small business owners in multiple sectors around the...
Monthly property transactions rise in September - ONS
Data published by the Office for National Statistics this morning showed completed residential property transactions in September...
Halifax boosts income multiple to 5.5 times salary
From Thursday 21 October, the Halifax will be changing some of the loan to income (LTI) limits applied to its affordability...
HVG driver shortages holding economy back
The Office for National Statistics today published report on the HGV driver shortage that is impacting the UK economy. Key...
Should the Bank of England raise interest rates this...
Markets are increasingly betting that the Bank of England will raise interest rates before Christmas to contain spiralling...
ONS report - home ownership and finances
An ONS report published this morning has found that:The proportion of renters who expect to eventually buy their own home...
UK jobs market data - your views wanted
The number of UK job vacancies has hit a record high, according to official figures published today by the Government.Office...
World Mental Health Day: tips for managing your mental...
World Mental Health Day is this Sunday, 10th October.With mental health more of an issue than ever following the pandemic,...
Halifax House Price Index September 2021
UK house prices rose by 1.7% in September, adding more than £4,400 to the value of the average property, according to the...
Nationwide: annual house prices fall in September,...
Annual house price growth slowed in September to 10% from 11% in August.Commenting on the figures, Robert Gardner, Nationwide's...
UK GDP revised upwards in second quarter of the year
On Thursday morning, the Office for National Statistics published revised data for the second quarter.UK gross domestic product...
Bank of England mortgage approvals tick down in August
Data published by the Bank of England on Wednesday showed approvals for house purchases, an indicator of future borrowing,...
The end of furlough - reaction from small businesses...
On Thursday, the Government's £70bn furlough support scheme came to an end.We sought the views of a selection of small business...
Should the Bank of England raise interest rates?
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee will this week decide whether to raise interest rates to cool down inflation...
British retail sales fall unexpectedly in August
Retail sales fell unexpectedly in AugustIn a surprise for economists, ONS data published this AM showed British retail sales...
UK inflation sees record rise in August and reaches...
Inflation just got positively alpineIt was expected to be high, but not this high. The UK inflation rate rose to 3.2% in...
UK jobs vacancies rise above 1m for first time ever
The number of job vacancies rose above 1m for the first time ever, according to the latest Office for National Statistics...
Self-employed hit harder financially than employed...
New data published this morning by the Office for National Statistics shows that the self-employed were hit far harder financially...
UK GDP July 2021: small business owners respond
This morning, the Office for National Statistics published the latest snapshot of the economy - UK GDP for July. It showed...
Halifax: house prices hit record high but annual growth...
House prices hit a record high in August, according to the Halifax. That said, the annual rate of price growth continued...
Boris Johnson's Manifesto-breaking tax hike
Boris Johnson is today expected to break a key Manifesto pledge by raising the National Insurance rate.We asked small business...
Instagram outage - views from small business owners
Got any thoughts on the Instagram outage today? Could be practical tips, coping strategies, or passing comment about the...
UK Government: Fewer people actively stopped saving...
A detailed report this morning from the Department for Work & Pensions shows the percentage of workplace pension savers...
September 1, the start of Autumn and managing SAD (seasonal...
September 1 is a symbolic day, for many the formal start to the Autumn and the time Seasonal Affective Disorder...
Nationwide house prices: property market delivers serious...
The UK property market delivered one of its biggest curveballs for some time in August, with growth of 2.1% — the second...
2022 housing market predictions
So what the hell is going to happen to the property market in 2022? Are prices going to go up, down or flatline? Will...
Bank of England mortgage approvals drop off in July...
British homeowners repaid £1.4 billion of mortgage debt, on net, in July 2021, according to new data published today by the...
95% LTV mortgages showing little take-up
Data from online mortgage broker, Trussle, shows that only 1% of its mortgage completions were from 95% mortgages in...
UK jobs market: vacancies soar to pre-pandemic levels
Given the events of the past 18 months, Wednesday's UK jobs data, published by the Office for National Statistics, was surprisingly...
Land Registry UK House Prices May 2021
This morning at 09:30, the May Land Registry (ONS) House Price Index was published. The key points were:UK average house...
Halifax UK house price index June 2021
On Wednesday morning (7 July) at 07:00, the Halifax published its June house price index.Russell Galley, Managing Director,...
PM to set out England's final Covid lockdown easing...
This afternoon, Boris Johnson is expected to announce that Covid restrictions in England will finally draw to a close on...
HSBC launches lowest fixed rate ever
HSBC today launched its lowest mortgage rate ever - a 2-year mortgage fixed at 0.94%. We asked a selection of UK mortgage...
England v Denmark: HR expert on bosses, booze-ups and...
So England are through to the Semis of the Euros - with their next match on Wednesday night against Denmark.While we can't...
UK small businesses give their views on the economy
Tax hikes are seen as the biggest threat to the UK's economic recovery, say small businessesGovernment tax hikes to pay off...
Nationwide: UK house prices up 13.4% annually in June...
On Tuesday morning, the Nationwide published its UK June house price index. It showed annual house price growth rose to 13.4%,...
What will happen to UK property market in post-Stamp...
On 30th June 2021, the first phase of the Stamp Duty holiday ends. There has been a lot of debate as to what happens next:...
UK monthly property transactions tail off slightly...
Monthly property transactions remained high in MayThough they tailed off slightly compared to April, monthly property transaction...
ONS annual house prices up 8.9% in April
The annual growth rate in the UK property market dropped slightly in April, to 8.9%, down from 9.9% in March, according to...
The jobs market - your views wanted
On Tuesday 15th June at 07:00, the Office for National Statistics published the latest jobs data. Below are a selection of...
UK GDP data: reaction from small businesses
Newsflash: The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates the UK economy grew by 2.3% in April 2021, the fastest monthly...
Stories
Lancashire Mind Celebrates 10 Years of Festive Fundraiser,...
Chorley-based mental health charity, Lancashire Mind, will be holding its flagship festive event, Mental Elf, on Sunday 3rd...
Swansea gets affordable housing boost as Castell Group...
Swansea-based social, sustainable and affordable property developer, Castell Group, has successfully completed a housing...
Rugby League legend Josh Jones tackles finance with...
Rugby league legend, Josh Jones, has embarked on an exciting financial journey with Frodsham- and Manchester-based mortgage...
Norwich mortgage broker donates £11k to local charities
Norwich-based mortgage broker, Yellow Brick Mortgages, today announced it has donated £11,830 from its commissions on completed...
Rising gilt yields mean smaller pensions for divorcees
Rising gilt yields mean couples getting divorced are seeing their pension values nearly halved compared to the time at which...
Financial advice firm, Net-Worth NTWRK, celebrates...
Newcastle-under-Lyme-based financial services firm, Net-Worth NTWRK, is this week celebrating its 10th birthday. The...
Alfa Mortgages Launches YouTube Channel to Provide...
Northampton-based mortgage broker, Alfa Mortgages, is excited to announce the launch of its YouTube channel on Friday, April...
Day In the Life of A Mortgage Broker - Base Rate Day
Last Thursday was a day of heightened activity as the Bank of England raised the base rate to 4.25%, its highest level in...
Milton Keynes-based Children’s educational supply firm...
Milton Keynes-based Children’s educational supply firm, Teddo Play, wins a national award recognising their UK-made learning...
Bristol- and Bath-based brothers merge brokerages to...
After months of hard work behind the scenes, brothers Oliver and Elliot Cotterell — of Windsor Hill Mortgages and My Mortgage...
Keep the Help to Buy door open!
Property developers should continue to advertise and inform buyers about help to buy properties before the deadline closes,...
New data: 'Ghosting' mentions +208% in Glassdoor interview...
Ahead of Halloween on Monday, Glassdoor has uncovered some chilling stats about being ghosted in the interview process.Despite...
Brokers deserve 48 hours' notice - for their clients...
Whilst there are one of two notable exceptions, the pulling of mortgage products without adequate notice is a bad practice...
Castell Group given green light to build 18 highly...
Castell Group, a land development company based in Swansea run by 27-year old Dorian Payne, has obtained planning permission...
The events taking the capital by storm: What Does Not...
As people globally unite during World Mental Health Day, a new event calendar, What Does Not RAW, run by culture agency,...
Castell Group, run by 27-year old, approaches £100M...
Castell Group, a land development company based in Swansea run by 27-year old Dorian Payne, has just exceeded a secured land...
Metal recycling scheme makes £12,000 donation to Derby...
Derby-based volunteer-led charity, Annabel’s Angels, which supports families living with cancer in Derby and Derbyshire,...
Aspiring judo Olympian seeks sponsorship to make her...
Bath, 21 June 2022 -- Bristol and Bath-based 5x British judo champion, Tatum Keen, is seeking sponsorship to help fuel her...
After 20 years, Gary Parsons talks about his experience...
Following the news that Justin Bieber has been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a Derbyshire-based business owner, Gary...
Volunteer doctors fronting fuel costs to ensure people...
A Bristol-based team of critical care doctors who work full time for the NHS are then working after hours to support people...
The Queen's Fudge
The Queen's Fudge - Available in traditional Slab Fudge, and Butter Fudge varieties.Chocolate Biscuit Cake Fudge at Buckingham...
Memorial jewellery sales soar by 30% over past 12 months,...
Despite the challenging economic climate, Burton-on-Trent-based Ashes Memorial Jewellery has seen sales rise by a third (30%)...
Slough mum who stayed sane with play trays during lockdown...
A Slough-based small business launched in lockdown by a full-time mum trying to stay sane as her kids got increasingly bored...
Could pension 'lifestyling' that affects millions be...
The UK's leading pension companies are sleepwalking their way into a PPI-style mis-selling nightmare with their insistence...
Rosemary Wild helps solo craftpreneurs and sewers through...
Solo craftpreneurs and sewers can now buy the premium cotton fabrics they need for their businesses at a trade discount through...
Leicester Rotary Tea Party raises £2,600
The Rotary Club of Leicester recently hosted a Tea Party for 80 people at the Leicestershire County Cricket Club, which raised...
"Beatrix Potter meets the blockchain" in a beguiling...
“Beatrix Potter meets the blockchain” is how one critic, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, describes The Sphinxing Rabbit...
Hedge Buddies flies past major milestone
Aberdeenshire micro business, Hedge Buddies, has flown past a major milestone, with 10,000 eco-friendly bags of bird food...
Mosaic of President Zelensky, made from 000s of pennies,...
Manchester-based ICENI Mastermind, a social enterprise helping disadvantaged students aged 16 – 18, is working with renowned...
Aspiring Hertfordshire metalsmith makes the leap -...
Hertfordshire-based Claire Tasker had an interesting start to her new life of working for herself as a self-taught metalsmith....
5 Qs ALL temporary workers should ask to ensure they...
Britain's 1.7m* temporary workers are at risk of not receiving their 5.6 weeks’ statutory holiday pay due to the unethical...
Overcoming the legal pitfalls to offer shelter to Ukrainian...
The Government has announced that, from Friday, UK residents can apply to take Ukrainian refugees into their homes under...
UK's 1.7m temporary workers at risk of losing their...
The UK's 1.7m* temps are at risk of being scammed out of their holiday pay, as witnessed by the recent actions of Workwell,...
Newspage launches self-serve 'ViewsWire' for UK journalists,...
Dozens of trade, local and national journalists have already been making use of the Newspage ViewsWire, which enables them...
Theo Phaphitis gives boost to Chesterfield small business
A Chesterfield-based small business has received a massive boost from Retail Entrepreneur and former Dragons Den star, Theo...
10 of the biggest corporate translation bloopers
Businesses often make the mistake of thinking translation can be done by anyone who knows two or more languages. But it’s...
Not so fond of the Tories? Fill your boots...
Not so fond of the Tories? Want to see Boris and his partying pals booted out of Number 10?If so, Facebook group Not On Amazon...
Narrowboat jewellery workshop floats into the Black...
A floating upcycled jewellery maker has arrived in the Black Country. Rich MacKenzie runs by Bike & Boat and travels...
Finanze and Albatross launch 'serviced' bridging loan...
London-based property finance firm, Finanze, has partnered with lender, Albatross Capital, to launch a ‘serviced’ bridging...
Leicester financial advisers to support local charity...
Leicester-based chartered financial planners, Rowley Turton, are thrilled to announce they will be supporting local charity,...
Giant palm tree grown with just fish poo and water...
Six years ago, New Forest-based David Green was in the Southampton branch of B&Q when he spotted a tiny, bone-dry Washingtonia...
Pigs in Blankets blunder goes viral
When Sheffield-based Gaynor Lockwood Edwards stared at her first ‘Pigs in Blankets' Christmas tree decoration and realised...
Lewes-based eco-friendly wet wipe company puts industry...
News, 4 November 2021 – With COP26 underway, FreshWipes, a small Lewes-based company that sells biodegradable wet wipes made...
Christchurch eco-artist shows profits and caring for...
For Immediate ReleaseAs COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, a Christchurch-based micro business, the Emma Jane Collection, has shown...
Risca jewellery start-up goes global, selling as far...
A small Risca jewellery business that only launched in the Spring has already gone global.Sales around the UK and Europe...
PhD candidates wasting quarter of a billion pounds...
People returning to UK universities to undertake PhDs starting this Autumn could collectively waste up to a quarter of a...
Derbyshire business woman shortlisted for national...
Danielle Dunn, the Derbyshire-based business woman who founded bath bomb and pampering business, Divine Box, has been shortlisted...
Leeds under siege as local woodmaker hits 5,000 'Scraplet'...
Meet some of the ScrapletsLeeds is officially under siege. The invasion has begun. 5,000 'Scraplets' have now been created...
4 Nations songwriting tour heads to Manchester on...
Together With Music brings together young and old through songManchester will play host to the four nations songwriting tour...
Financial adviser warns of Facebook scammers getting...
Scott Gallacher, a Chartered Financial Planner at Leicestershire-based independent financial advisers, Rowley Turton, says...
Facebook group, Not On Amazon, saves Big Mommas Knits...
Katy Mascall, founder of St Davids-based handmade knitwear business, Big Mommas Knits, says her family's livelihood has been...
Lockdown-inspired fitness business to open studio in...
A Southampton-based fitness business that launched outdoors and on Zoom during Lockdown 1 2020 is opening its first physical...
Belper-based broker provides free will writing for...
Derbyshire-based mortgage firm, Peak Mortgages & Protection, is providing a free will writing service during September...
18-year old Gateshead-based singer-songwriter releases...
Gateshead-based 18-year old singer-songwriter, Liam Harris, has just released his debut single, 'Smoke In My Lungs', from...
Nationwide drops two-year fixed mortgage rate to all-time...
The Nationwide Building Society's lowest ever mortgage rate is due to go live tomorrow, as the mortgage wars heat up....
No experience? No worries. New Yorkshire recruiter...
An award-winning recruitment agency from the North East of England has expanded into Yorkshire to help businesses in the...
NOT ON AMAZON growing at record rate as cost of living...
Facebook community, NOT ON AMAZON, has grown faster than ever over the past month as its members seek to combat sharply rising...
Consumers overpaying as much as £420m a year in inflated...
In what could be the next major mis-selling scandal, UK consumers are collectively paying as much as £420m unnecessarily...
'Nipple artists' to protest outside Facebook London...
Frustrated medical areola, or ‘nipple' artists, are set to turn up in huge numbers outside Facebook's London HQ on September...
Belper mortgage broker creates another local job
Sadie Brown joins Peak!Peak Mortgages and Protection in Belper has hired a new Mortgage Admin, Sadie Brown, bringing the...
Scented wedding numbers surge
Derbyshire-based scent specialist, The Scent Styling Company, says bookings of scented weddings have risen by 20% over the...
Closing the literacy gap: New EdTech game supports...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEA new online game - SPaG Monsters - helps children aged 6-11 develop their spelling, punctuation and...
Saronti steps in when Covid stops school fundraising
For Immediate Release Covid restrictions and lockdowns killed off many school fundraisers this year, but a Hertfordshire-based...
Mini Bars and SVRs: Hudson Rose opens in Cirencester
Rock n' roll mortgage and insurance adviser, Hudson Rose, which is the polar opposite of everything you would expect from...