Fixed rates

FHL: longer-term BTL rates should appease FPC

Foundation Home Loans’ commercial director, Simon Bayley, believes that much of the issue surrounding...

Mortgage rates fall to record lows

February saw record lows in average rates for two and three-year fixed mortgage deals,...

Investec consolidates HNW mortgage offering

Investec Private Banking is consolidating its Professional and £Million Plus+ mortgages into the new...

New remortgage deals from TSB

TSB has unveiled a new range of remortgage products available to homeowners with small...

New Skipton exclusive for Sesame and PMS

Sesame and PMS have unveiled an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

Accord introduces 10-day sale

Accord Buy To Let has launched a 10-day sale on a range of mortgages. The four...

Virgin Money cuts BTL and residential rates

Virgin Money has reductions to rates on selected products across its buy-to-let and core residential mortgage...

New five-year FTB fix from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a limited edition five-year fixed rate mortgage for first-time...

Ultimate Finance builds team

Ultimate Finance has made another appointment in the North West. Sean Thomson (pictured) joins as...

Barclays makes BTL and residential rate changes

Barclays has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let product ranges including cutting rates by up to...

Sesame offers pair of Virgin Money exclusives

Sesame has unveiled two exclusive fixed rate products to appointed representatives of its network via...

The Leeds unveils 2.75% 10-year fix

The Leeds Building Society has launched its lowest ever 10 year fixed rate mortgage. The mortgage...

Halifax Intermediaries reduces FTB and homemover rates

Halifax Intermediaries has cut the rates on its first time buyer and home mover mortgages by...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15 percentage points on its...

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...

Latest news

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

Saffron expands expat landlord range and eases residential income criteria

Saffron for Intermediaries has broadened its specialist mortgage criteria with new expat HMO products...

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