Fixed rates

Virgin Money announces mortgage rate rises

Virgin Money has raised a number of mortgage rates. Exclusives 80% LTV two-year fixed rate...

Vida unveils new limited edition deals

Vida has introduced a range of limited edition products for residential and buy-to-let purchase...

Clydesdale Bank adapts lending criteria and products

Clydesdale Bank has made a series of changes to its lending criteria and its...

Hanley Economic BS unveils five-year remortgage deals

Hanley Economic Building Society has added two five-year fixed rate remortgage specials to its...

Virgin Money to increase selected fixed rates

Virgin Money is making changes to a selection of fixed rate mortgages. The changes come...

LiveMore Capital unveils new fixed term interest-only mortgage

LiveMore Capital has launched its new term interest-only mortgage for over-50s. An alternative to LiveMore’s...

Pepper Money cuts over 100 fixed rate mortgages

Pepper Money has reduced rates on more than 100 fixed rate mortgages and launched...

Leeds BS unveils new 10-year mortgages

Leeds Building Society is adding 10-year fixed rate products to its range. It has launched...

Mansfield BS improves shared ownership affordability

Mansfield Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared ownership...

Vida unveils new key worker mortgage

Vida has made a number of changes to its criteria to broaden its product...

Platform cuts higher LTV rates

Platform has made interest rate reductions to a number of its higher LTV mortgage...

Clydesdale unveils rate reductions at 85-95% LTV

Clydesdale Bank has reduced the rates on products between 85-95% loan to value (LTV). Selected...

Family BS cuts new business rates

Family Building Society has reduced rates on its mortgage product range for new business. The mutual...

The Nottingham cuts higher LTV rates

The Nottingham has announced rate reductions of up to 70bps across its residential range. Its...

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

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

Skipton Building Society is reducing rates across its fixed mortgage range by an average...

Quantum Mortgages promotes Mihramane and Ajaib

Quantum Mortgages has made two internal promotions across its sales and completions teams as...

Complex incomes hindering aspiring Scottish buyers

More than half of Scottish adults with complex incomes who do not own a...

MAB adds three senior hires across marketing, finance and technology

Mortgage Advice Bureau has strengthened its executive team with three senior appointments spanning marketing,...

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