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Fixed-rate mortgages buck rising trend

Homeowners can now secure cheaper fixed-rate mortgages than they could a year ago – but variable rates are set to rise

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Tracker mortgage lenders under pressure

Deals affected by banks’ ability to borrow amid continuing doubts about economic outlook

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Tracker mortgage lenders under pressure

End looms for stamp duty holiday

As of today, there are just two months left for first-time buyers to avoid paying stamp duty on their first home

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End looms for stamp duty holiday

Lender offers record low ten-year mortgage fix

Norwich & Peterborough to launch best-buy deal of 3.99% for up to 75 per cent loan-to-value

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Lender offers record low ten-year mortgage fix

New warning on equity release mis-selling

Investigation by consumer group Which? finds the quality of advice ‘wanting’, with nearly a quarter of qualified advisers failing a benchmark test

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New warning on equity release mis-selling

Rental yields are key in buy-to-let equation

Yields are increasing, but there are few areas of the UK where they enable landlords to meet criteria for 80 per cent loan-to-value

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Rental yields are key in buy-to-let equation

Fixed-rate mortgage deals buck trend

Cheap mortgage deals are still on offer, in spite of continuing rate rises at banks and building societies

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Gas suppliers follow EDF’s 5 per cent price cut

First big energy supplier to pass on lower wholesale costs

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Top tips for landlords reinvesting in their properties

Effective ways to reinvest in existing buy-to-let property portfolio

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Top tips for landlords reinvesting in their properties

More options for landlords’ mortgages

Landlords looking to borrow up to 80 per cent of a property’s value have a growing range of options available to them, after two new lenders entered the market this week

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More options for landlords’ mortgages