Tag Result: affordability

Self-employed find it tougher to achieve requested loan sizes – MBT
At least one lender met the loan requirements for self-employed applicants on 71 per cent ...

‘Beggars belief’ borrowers are tested on stress rates but not loss of income – Star Letter 19/02/2021
Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title Specialist Lending Solutions pick the to...

Lenders cut maximum loans as affordability used to regulate mortgage volumes
Lenders cut back sharply on maximum loan values last month but self-employed borrowers wer...

Lenders offering smaller loans but first-time buyer affordability improves – MBT
Mortgage affordability for first-time buyers improved significantly in October, according ...

RIOs branded ‘outright failure’ as less than 500 sold per quarter
Responsible Life has described retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages as an “outright ...

L&G Mortgage Club launches affordability search tool
Legal and General Mortgage Club has launched an affordability calculator that ties-in with...

Lenders granting mortgage loan requests reaches peak – MBT
The likelihood of lenders providing the mortgage loan amount requested through a broker ha...

Mortgage affordability ‘wiggle room’ expected as base rate to stay low until 2025 – Savills
Mortgage affordability is expected to improve for borrowers but it may need several years ...

Brokers more successful at sourcing requested mortgage loans – MBT
The proportion of cases where no lender can meet the loan amount requested by a mortgage b...

West Brom BS launches deals to help mortgage prisoners
The West Brom Building Society has announced it will be launching a modified affordability...