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  Barclays Offers ‘Future Fix’ Mortgage

  By Tom Murray on 2:24 pm in News / no comments

  Banking giant Barclays announced today that it is launching a new mortgage combining a base rate tracker mortgage with a fixed follow-on rate mortgage.

   
   
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  Buy-To-Let Mortgage Market Offering 21 Deals at 80pc LTV

  By Tom Murray on 12:49 pm in News / no comments

  Data published this week has revealed that there are now 21 buy-to-let mortgages on the UK market with a loan-to-value (LTV) of up to 80 per cent.

   
   
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  Borrowers Urged to ‘Shop Around’ For Mortgage Deals

  By Tom Murray on 6:06 pm in News / no comments

  The uncertain economic conditions facing the UK are leading mortgage brokers to recommend that borrowers “shop around” for the best deals, according to the BBC.

   
   
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  Yorkshire Softens Buy-To-Let Mortgage Criteria

  By Tom Murray on 12:38 pm in News / no comments

  The ongoing trend towards greater competition in the buy-to-let mortgage market stepped up a notch today, when the Yorkshire Building Society said that it will be loosening its lending criteria for such deals offered to borrowers in England and Wales.

   
   
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  Mortgage Fears for Properties on HS2 Route

  By Tom Murray on 1:11 pm in News / no comments

  The boss of a leading firm of chartered surveyors has warned that mortgage lenders are very unhappy about the threat to property prices posed by the recently approved high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham.