Fixed rates

Family BS relaunches fixed rates with 0.60% increase

Family Building Society has reintroduced its fixed-rate mortgage range with rates increased by 0.60...

Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates and launches new 60% LTV deals

Virgin Money is increasing selected residential and buy-to-let rates from 16 September while withdrawing...

HSBC to raise residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is increasing mortgage rates across much of its residential and buy-to-let range...

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...

The Darlington reduces mortgage rates by up to 40bps

Darlington Building Society has cut rates across its residential and specialist mortgage ranges by...

Mortgage rates set to rise as leading banks reprice deals

Mortgage borrowers face higher costs as leading lenders respond to a rise in swap...

HSBC UK to raise rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

HSBC UK will increase rates across a range of two-year and five-year fixed mortgages...

Virgin Money ups residential mortgage rates

Virgin Money will increase selected purchase and remortgage rates by as much as 0.30%...

Pepper Money reduces residential and buy-to-let rates

Pepper Money has cut rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges and launched...

Newcastle BS cuts residential rates and adds base rate trackers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up to 0.25% and...

HSBC cuts residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges from 19...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

Accord cuts selected mortgage rates by up to 0.18%

Accord Mortgages will reduce selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 0.18%...

Barclays cuts residential rates by up to 50bps

Barclays will reduce rates across its residential purchase, remortgage and existing-customer ranges from Friday...

COMMENT

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...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

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,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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