Fixed rates

Barclays to offer 1.53% two-year fix

Barclays is making rate reductions tomorrow (27 November). It is reducing its two-year and five-year...

TSB cuts homebuyer and remortgage rates

TSB has reduced interest rates by up to 0.35 percentage points on mortgages for...

Sainsbury’s Bank raises residential fixed rates

Sainsbury's Bank has made a number of changes to its residential product range: Changes are...

Investec Private Bank cuts variable and fixed rates

Investec Private Bank has cut rates within the 80%-85% LTV bracket for both fixed...

Buy-to-let mortgage market remains unsettled

Mortgage Brain has reported "mixed movement" in the cost of buy-to-let products over the...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 95% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced its rates on a selection of two and five year...

Foundation Home Loans offers new three-year buy-to-let fixes

Foundation Home Loans has launched new three-year fixed rates in its buy-to-let range. The limited-edition...

Barclays Mortgages revamps product offering

Barclays Mortgages is introducing some new products and making rate reductions across its residential,...

Aldermore cuts five-year buy-to-let remortgage rates

Aldermore has reduced the rates on its buy-to-let five-year fixed remortgage products for individual...

Accord makes residential fixed rate changes

Accord has cut certain fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.29 percentage points across...

Mortgage costs back on the increase

Residential mortgage costs are back on the rise after two successive quarters reporting a number...

The Nationwide cuts rates at 95% LTV

The Nationwide Building Society has cut selected fixed and tracker mortgage rates at 95%...

3mc offers Pepper exclusives

3mc has unveiled new packager exclusives from Pepper Money and now also has an...

Coutts’ mortgages to be available to intermediaries

Coutts has joined up with mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain to make its products...

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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