Fixed rates

April Mortgages unveils purchase mortgage range

April Mortgages has launched a new, 'Dutch style', house purchase mortgage range. All intermediary firms...

Gen H boosts five-year product affordability

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has started to differentiate between its two and three-year...

Precise adds new one-year fixed and lifetime tracker residential options

Precise, part of OSB Group, has expanded its residential offering with one-year fixed rate...

Buckinghamshire BS adds new residential and buy-to-let fixes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has revised its prime residential and buy-to-let product ranges through the...

MPowered Mortgages cuts all 2 & 5-year rates

MPowered Mortgages has lowered rates across its two and five-year fixed mortgages ranges. Rates...

Kensington cuts BTL and residential rates

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let products. The specialist lender has...

MPowered Mortgages cuts rates by up to 0.65%

MPowered Mortgages has made rate reductions across its fixed rate range. Three-year fixed rates now...

Virgin Money to increase range of fixed rate mortgages

Virgin Money is increasing rates on a number of mortgage products this evening (8pm...

Barclays to cut selected residential purchase rates

Barclays has announced that it is reducing rates on a selection of products in...

More rate reductions from Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced rates on several products, including Income Flex...

Newcastle for Intermediaries improves large loan criteria

Newcastle for Intermediaries has made positive changes to its large loan criteria and launched...

Virgin Money adds new Fix and Switch deals

Virgin Money is launching new mortgage products on 1 May. The new  products are as...

Skipton BS to cut fixed and tracker rates

Skipton Building Society is cutting mortgages rates on Wednesday 1 May. The reductions will affect...

Kensington launches ‘Mid LTV’ residential range

Kensington Mortgages has announced the launch of its ‘Mid LTV’ product range for residential...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

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...

Latest news

PMS reports double-digit growth in mortgages and protection

PMS Mortgage Club says it is on course for its strongest performance in five...

Property firms urged to engage early with digital home-moving reforms

Property professionals have been urged to start testing digital home-moving processes now rather than...

DPMSG launches consumer guide to Smart Property Data

The Digital Property Market Steering Group has launched a consumer-focused video explaining how Smart...

Together joins Equity Release Council as later life market broadens

Together has become a member of the Equity Release Council as the specialist lender...

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