Fixed rates

Platform relaunches 90% LTV offering

From Monday 29 June, Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, will offer...

Help to Buy back and LTVs up to 85% at Platform

Platform is reintroducing its Help to Buy mortgage range and also making mortgages of...

Accord moves back into 90% LTV with FTB exclusives

Accord Mortgages is to offer 90% loan to value (LTV) products from 9am on...

NatWest makes core range rate reductions

NatWest has introduced rate decreases of up to 30bps across its existing customer range. The...

The Ipswich withdraws 90% LTV products

Citing "unprecedented demand", the Ipswich Building Society is temporarily withdrawing its 90% LTV two...

New fixed rate range from Leek United

Leek United has launched new residential products, including some with no fees and cashback...

Newcastle Intermediaries relaunches interest-only products

Newcastle Intermediaries has relaunched its interest-only mortgage range with the introduction of new two-year...

Barclays reintroduces large loans and 75% BTL

Barclays Mortgages has made changes across its residential, buy-to-let and reward ranges. The bank is reducing...

Accord ups max loan size and removes property value restrictions

Accord Mortgages has removed all property value restrictions and returned its maximum loan size...

Nationwide reduces fixed and tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting rates on selected two, three, five and 10-year...

The Leeds resumes 85% LTV lending

The Leeds Building Society has restarted lending at 85% loan to value (LTV) as...

Barclays reintroduces 85% LTV mortgages

Barclays Mortgages had made changes across its residential and Reward ranges, following the confirmation that...

The Skipton to accept new build applications to 75% LTV

The Skipton Building Society will now accept mortgage applications for new build properties up...

West One resumes physical valuations and relaunches 70% BTL

West One Loans has updated its buy-to-let product range and is resuming physical valuations. The...

COMMENT

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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The Darlington trims mortgage rates by up to 20bps

Darlington Building Society has reduced selected rates across its residential, specialist residential, shared ownership,...

Brokers review sourcing technology as demand grows for connected systems

Mortgage brokers are increasingly reassessing their technology stacks, with sourcing systems emerging as the...

Rosemount expands internship programme with two Cardiff Business School students

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has welcomed two new interns from Cardiff Business School as...

West Brom cuts shared ownership mortgage rates

West Brom Building Society has reduced selected shared ownership mortgage rates by up to...

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