Fixed rates

Platform to offer £1k cashback on higher LTVs

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of The Co-operative Bank, is launching products which will...

Virgin Money cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money has made a series of rate reductions in its range of residential...

TSB offers cashback product to first-time buyers

TSB has launched a new five-year product in its first-time buyer mortgage range. It is...

90% deals from YBS

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a new range of mortgages for borrowers with...

New rate reductions from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on a...

170,000 accounts to mature in December

Analysis by the Leeds Building Society has indicated that residential borrowers with mortgages maturing...

Platform resumes 90% LTV lending

Platform, the intermediary mortgage brand of the Co-operative Bank, is reintroducing five year fixed...

New range and broker exclusive from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage product offering. In addition,...

Barclays unveils residential rate cuts

Barclays is reducing rates on a selection of deals within its residential (purchase and...

NatWest ups rates and unveils new green mortgages

NatWest has announced rate increases across its new and existing customer ranges. For new business...

Skipton to reduce residential rates for new customers

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed residential mortgage range with reductions across...

Barclays adds new 60% deals and cuts five-year fixed rates

Barclays is to make changes to its residential purchase and remortgage range on Wednesday...

New first-time buyer range from TSB

TSB has launched a new product range of mortgages specifically aimed at first-time buyers...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils new 80% LTV deals

Newcastle Intermediaries has added a pair of 80% LTV mortgages to its existing range. The...

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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MIMHC makes final call as charity lunch nears capacity

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) has made a final call for industry...

Virgin Money to move eligible product transfers to Nationwide from October

Virgin Money is changing its residential product transfer process, with some customers whose deals...

Skipton cuts fixed rates and widens home mover range

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

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