Fixed rates

Coventry for Intermediaries launches 90% LTV deals – until Wednesday

Coventry for Intermediaries is returning to the 90% LTV market for a limited period. Two...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts residential rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced rates on several 80% LTV products in its residential mortgage...

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...

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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