First-time buyers

Smartr365 expands Halifax Intermediaries integration

Smartr365 has built upon its integration with Halifax Intermediaries, enabling real-time mortgage Decision-in-Principle (DIP)...

Clydesdale Bank improves 85% & 90% LTV criteria

Clydesdale Bank has made changes to its 85% and 90% LTV lending criteria, in...

The Mansfield back to 95% LTV lending

The Mansfield Building Society is offering three new fixed rates, including a 95% house...

Virgin Money unveils 5-15 year 95% LTV fixed rates

Virgin Money has launched three new 95% loan to value (LTV) residential mortgages under...

Accord Mortgages adds improved 95% LTV deals to range

Accord Mortgages has unveiled two new two-year fixed rate 95% loan to value (LTV)...

The Beverley BS unveils 90% LTV mortgage

The Beverley Building Society has launched a two-year, fixed rate deal at 2.99% at...

MCI appoints the Darlington to panel

The Darlington Building Society has joined the lender panel of MCI Mortgage Club. The society...

New 95% LTV deals from Platform

Platform has become the latest lender to announce its move back into the 95%...

New Vida deals for borrowers with smaller deposits

Vida has introduced limited edition 85% LTV two-year and five-year fixed rates to its...

The Nottingham moves back into 95% LTV space

The Nottingham has re-entered 95% LTV residential lending. The building society is offering a five-year...

The Dudley launches large loan product

The Dudley Building Society has launched a new product to cater for larger loan...

Virgin Money to lend 95% LTV up to £600k in government scheme

Virgin Money has provided details of its participation in the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme. Its range...

NatWest to cut rates by up to 34bps

NatWest is changing mortgage rates on products for new and existing customers. These changes include...

Foundation unveils 90% LTV residential deals

Foundation Home Loans has introduced a new range of residential products. The new F1...
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COMMENT

networks

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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Buy-to-let

ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...
News

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...
Appointments

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...
funding

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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