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Bluestone Mortgages ups LTV limits to 90%
Bluestone Mortgages has raised its loan-to-value (LTV) bandings, now offering mortgages of up to...
12 February 2025
UTB ups maximum residential LTV to 95%
United Trust Bank Mortgages has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) across its...
6 February 2025
Atom bank cuts Near Prime & Prime rates
Atom bank has lowered reduced rates across both its Prime and Near Prime products. Rates...
30 January 2025
Foundation Home Loans increases maximum loan sizes
Foundation Home Loans has announced maximum loan size increases across the majority of its...
16 January 2025
Vida introduces ‘3 & Easy’ range of 97% LTV mortgages
Vida Homeloans has launched a new range of residential mortgage products at 97% loan...
9 January 2025
Seize the opportunity to help those rejected by the high street
Whatever lies ahead of us in 2025, it will certainly be a year full...
3 January 2025
Specialist mortgages to become the norm
As we look ahead to 2025, the specialist mortgage market is set to play...
30 December 2024
Helping reduce the stress for borrowers with credit problems
Concerns regarding mortgage affordability have been a key topic in the industry over the...
18 December 2024
Specialist mortgages take longer, but customers don’t seem to mind
91% of brokers are spending a lot more time completing specialist mortgage cases than...
18 December 2024
West One revamps criteria to open up to more residential borrowers
West One Loans is to add two new credit tiers to its residential range...
20 November 2024
Mansfield BS launches long-term credit repair fix
Mansfield Building Society has announced the launch of a new long-term fixed rate product...
18 November 2024
Atom bank hit near prime high in Q3
Atom bank has recorded a record quarter for near prime lending. The three months to...
13 November 2024
Mansfield BS cuts Versatility rates
Mansfield Building Society has added new Versatility products to its offering. It is launching two...
8 November 2024
Brightstar Group launches the Specialist Lending Expo
The Brightstar Group has announced a new event - the Specialist Lending Expo -...
29 October 2024
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COMMENT
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Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers
Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...
28 July 2026
Rates are moving and regulation is evolving
Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...
27 July 2026
Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence
The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...
27 July 2026
The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right
The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...
27 July 2026
Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home
For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...
27 July 2026
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Overseas funds used by almost one in 10 home buyers
Almost one in 10 home buyers use money originating overseas to fund all or...
28 July 2026
Buy-to-let
Two-thirds of landlords’ HMOs achieve EPC ratings of A to C
Two-thirds of houses in multiple occupation owned by landlords surveyed by Paragon Bank have...
28 July 2026
Buy-to-let
HMRC nets £104m from landlord tax disclosures
HM Revenue & Customs recovered £104 million from voluntary landlord tax disclosures in 2025/26...
28 July 2026
Appointments
Bruton Knowles strengthens Midlands valuation team with senior appointment
Bruton Knowles has appointed Jimmy James as an associate in its national valuation team,...
28 July 2026
PROFILES
Toni Smith on the human factor and the fourth emergency service
The AI questions the mortgage industry needs to ask – and address
Claire Cherrington on the opportunities ahead for mortgage clubs