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Builder sentiment weakened further in July as affordability challenges and ongoing economic uncertainty continued to weigh on the market for new single-family homes. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) slipped two points to 34, marking the 15th consecutive month the index has remained below 40–the longest such stretch since…
Legal & General (L&G) has reported an increase in lifetime and retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage lending during the first half of 2026 – advances rose to £128m, up from £104m in the same period a year earlier. This represented a growth of approximately 23% year-on-year. The insurer said lending volumes benefitted from pricing changes…
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“In the initial stages, 60% of the borrowers were defaulting on their trials,” she said. “Across our network, which I think is a pretty good sampling, we saw about 60% of these people failing because these were the steady people that just kept re-hopping on. They would make one payment, sometimes none, and get another…