Fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages lowers rates by up to 30bps

MPowered Mortgages has cut rates across its range of two, three and five-year fixed...

Gen H unveils sub-5% rates

Gen H has announced another series of rate reductions, cutting its entire product range...

Atom bank cuts Prime range rates

Atom bank has again lowered rates on its Prime mortgage range for residential customers. This...

Family BS cuts residential and BTL fixed rates

The Family Building Society has unveiled a new range of reduced price mortgage products. Two-year...

Virgin Money increases its maximum mortgage term

Virgin Money has increased the maximum term for all its residential mortgages to 40...

Leeds BS improves mortgage rates

Leeds Building Society has made rate reductions on selected products aimed at first-time buyers. Rate...

Purchase mortgage searches remain flat

Twenty7tec has published mortgage market statistics for November 2023. It reported that purchase mortgage searches...

Kensington updates residential and BTL rates

Kensington Mortgages has announced a number of rate updates to its buy-to-let and residential...

Bluestone Mortgages reduces rates again

Bluestone Mortgages has announced further rate reductions across its entire fixed rate product range. These...

Pepper Money cuts over 300 rates

Pepper Money has reduced rates across more than 300 products across its Residential and...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces selected fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced the majority of fixed rates, with residential rates reducing...

Aldermore launches new buy-to-let and residential mortgage deals

Aldermore has announced the launch of new buy-to-let and residential owner-occupied products. The new buy-to-let...

Gen H reduces rates by up to 50 bps

Gen H has launched another round of rate cuts with new sub-5% LTV products. The...

Hanley Economic BS introduces fee-free two-year fix

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a fee-free two-year fixed rate product with a...

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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