Skipton Building Society has widened access to its Delayed Start Mortgage, allowing more home movers to defer their first mortgage repayment by up to three months.
The product, launched in 2025 and described by Skipton as the only mortgage...
CHL Mortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range alongside a series of criteria changes, including the acceptance of first-time buyers.
The specialist lender's new...
ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition range of two-year and five-year fixed-rate buy-to-let products with no application or valuation fees.
The specialist lender said the...
The number of solicitors working in residential conveyancing has continued to fall as separate market data shows transactions are taking longer to reach exchange.
Figures...
Proposed changes to the scope and proportionality of Consumer Duty could reduce unnecessary compliance work, but firms must continue to demonstrate improved customer outcomes, according to Capco.
The comments come from Michael Shand, managing principal at global management and...
Darlington Building Society has completed a £54,000 limited company buy-to-let mortgage at 80% LTV for two first-time landlords buying their first investment property through a newly formed special purpose vehicle.
The case, introduced by David Pringle of 1-2-1 Mortgages,...
Nearly four in five landlords are now operating exclusively with rolling tenancies, while around 90% have not had their most recent tenancy agreement reviewed by a solicitor, according to Lendlord.
Data from the property management and finance platform, covering...
JammJar has expanded its AI-powered operating system for mortgage advice firms with new document analysis, fact-find and automation tools aimed at reducing administration for brokers.
The updates were demonstrated during JammJar's Summer '26 launch webinar and include changes to...
The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...
Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...
Family Building Society has reintroduced its fixed-rate mortgage range with rates increased by 0.60 percentage points following recent swap rate volatility.
The lender temporarily withdrew its fixed-rate products on 4 September and has now relaunched the range across both owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgages.
Family BS said...
The debate over the State Pension triple lock has returned. But perhaps the more important question is what the debate tells us about the way we think about retirement.
The triple lock was introduced in 2010 against a backdrop of serious concerns about pensioner poverty....
The Right DA Club has added Shepherds Friendly to its protection panel, giving member firms access to the mutual's income protection proposition.
The directly authorised proposition from The Right Mortgage said the addition would broaden the range of protection options available to its member firms.
Shepherds...
