Fixed rates

Nationwide cuts stress rates for homebuyers and remortgagers

Nationwide is reducing its mortgage stress test rates by up to 1.25 percentage points,...

Kensington Mortgages lowers residential and buy-to-let rates

Kensington Mortgages has announced widespread rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage products,...

Perenna renews and expands ABN AMRO warehouse facility to fund growth

Perenna Bank has renewed and significantly expanded its warehouse funding line with ABN AMRO. The...

Accord shaves fixed rate pricing across residential mortgage range

Accord Mortgages has cut rates across its residential range. The intermediary-only lender is reducing rates...

Darlington Building Society unveils high LTV fixed deals for complex cases

Darlington Building Society has introduced a series of rate reductions of up to 35...

Barclays unveils further mortgage rate cuts, including lowest of the year

Barclays is cutting mortgage rates once again, with a new tranche of reductions coming...

MPowered Mortgages cuts 3-year fixed rates to 3.88%

MPowered Mortgages, the one day mortgage lender, has, against a backdrop of rising swap...

Lenders move to cut SVRs following Bank of England rate reduction

A number of lenders have announced reductions to their standard variable rates (SVRs) following...

Nationwide trims mortgage rates again following Bank Rate cut

Nationwide is reducing mortgage rates for the fourth time in three weeks, with the...

Virgin Money cuts BTL and residential rates

Virgin Money will introduce a fresh wave of rate reductions across its residential, buy-to-let...

LendInvest cuts 5-year rates and adds £400 residential cashback

LendInvest has reduced rates across its 5-year fixed term residential mortgage range and launched...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates again as New Build Boost gains momentum

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has announced a fresh round of rate reductions for...

Leeds BS cuts mortgage rates ahead of MPC decision

Leeds Building Society has announced rate reductions of up to 20 basis points across...

Borrowers lean towards short-term deals as rate cuts loom, says Family Building Society

A growing number of UK mortgage borrowers are shunning five-year fixed deals in favour...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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