Fixed rates

Newcastle BS improves Deposit Unlock offering 

Newcastle Building Society, which was the first lender to support the Deposit Unlock scheme,...

Legal & General Mortgage Club announces Melton semi-exclusive

Advisers using Legal & General Mortgage Club will be able to access a semi-exclusive...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates across its 95% LTV product range, including a reduction...

83% willing to pay £1,200 for long-term mortgage rate security

Most people are willing to pay a 'certainty premium' of £1,200 per year for...

Atom bank improves near prime pricing

Atom bank has made changes to its mortgage pricing, including special offer rates on...

Hanley Economic BS expands residential mortgage range

Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year 95% LTV fixed rate shared ownership...

Pepper Money improves residential mortgage accessibility

Pepper Money has increased loan to value (LTV) levels, improved criteria and reduced rates...

Pepper Money improves residential mortgage offering

Pepper Money has expanded its Limited Edition residential product range. The offering is now available...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils new FTB range and policy

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new range of mortgages for first-time buyers. The range...

Skipton ups maximum residential mortgage sizes

Skipton Building Society is increasing maximum loan sizes across its complete residential mortgage range...

Clydesdale Bank cuts BTL and residential rates

Clydesdale Bank has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range. The reductions are...

Aldermore improves offering for those with credit blips

Aldermore has reintroduced products and rate reductions in its residential mortgage range to support...

Accord ups max loan size at 90% LTV

Accord Mortgages is increasing its maximum loan size at 90% loan to value (LTV)...

The Nottingham makes further fixed rate mortgage cuts

Despite reducing rates in August across its group of two and five-year fixed 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...

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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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