Buy-to-let

Gross advances up 13% year-on-year

The Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the latest Mortgage...

LandBay offers festive reward to customers

Peer-to-peer lending platform Landbay is offering £50 of John Lewis vouchers to any new...

3mc celebrates record year for growth

Mortgage distributor 3mc has processed enquiries totalling £1.6 billion and completed nearly £270 million...

Fleet Mortgages select valuations panel manager

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Connells Survey & Valuation as its valuation panel manager. Connells...

Successful funding round for P2P lender

Landbay has completed its first institutional funding round. The peer-to-peer lending platform focused on the...

Intermediaries reporting softer levels of business

Intermediaries thought it was more difficult for certain customer groups to get a mortgage...

Complete FS assisting MCI Club

Complete FS has been appointed as the specialist mortgage distribution channel for the...

BoI UK launches intermediary pilot

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is rolling out a pilot to sell mortgages in...

Demand for buy-to-let REIT exceeds expectations

The UK's first mainstream residential Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has exceeded its initial...

CML urges caution over LTV and DTI caps

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has responded to the Treasury's consultation on giving...

New deals from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has today unveiled a new range of mortgages. The new offering...

Barclays launches rate cuts and new remortgage deals

Barclays has today announced a number of mortgage rate cuts along with the launch...

Fleet Mortgages reveals product range

Fleet Mortgages has announced its first product range covering individual, limited company and houses...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage...

First-time buyers turning to side hustles to bridge deposit gap

Almost half of aspiring first-time buyers are using secondary income streams to help fund...

Vida cuts residential rates and loosens criteria for self-employed and contractor borrowers

Vida has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 106 basis points and...

Iress adds AI underwriting tool to The Exchange in protection push

Iress has struck a deal with The Interesting Life Company to offer an AI-powered...