Fixed rates

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 106bps

LiveMore has made widespread rate reductions across its range of products, with cuts of...

Virgin Money makes large number of fixed rate mortgage cuts

Virgin Money is making a series of changes to its fixed mortgage rates on...

April Mortgages makes positive capital-raising changes

April Mortgages has improved its capital-raising criteria to help prospective first-time buyers. Borrowers will be...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils 3.90% fix and other rate cuts

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new five-year fixed rate at 3.90% and reduced...

April Mortgages unveils interest rate cuts

April Mortgages has reduced the interest rates on its range of 5-15 year fixed...

Bluestone makes wholesale rate reductions

Bluestone Mortgages has announced rate reductions across its whole product range. Cuts have been made...

Gen H reduces SVR and base rate tracker

Gen H has announced wide-ranging rate cuts of between 15bps and 30bps. The rates are...

MPowered Mortgages cuts rates for second time in one week

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its fixed rate range for the second time in a...

The Mansfield cuts specialist mortgage rates

Mansfield Building Society has lowered the rates on its Credit Repair and Versatility mortgage...

Family BS cuts owner-occupier fixed rates

Family Building Society has launched a new range of reduced-price owner-occupier repayment and interest-only...

MPowered Mortgages cuts fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has made wide-ranging cuts to its range of fixed rate mortgages. Five-year fixed...

Perenna added to TMA lender panel

TMA has added Perenna Bank to its lender panel. It means that TMA intermediaries can...

Clydesdale Bank cuts selection of residential mortgage rates

Clydesdale Bank is reducing the rates on a series of its mortgage products. The reductions...

Kensington Mortgages unveils five-year ‘Step Down’ deal

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled its new ‘Step Down’ five-year fixed rate mortgage, which is...

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

Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

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,...

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