Fixed rates

Virgin Money expands shared ownership proposition

Following its launch in London, the South West and South East, Virgin Money has expanded...

BTL mortgage costs start to rise

The cost of most mainstream buy-to-let mortgages is starting to climb, with new data...

New 10-year deal from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has  launched a 10-year fixed rate mortgage. The new 10-year fix at a...

Fleet Mortgages cuts lifetime tracker rates

Fleet Mortgages has repriced its product range, including price cuts across its three lifetime tracker...

TML removes credit score cascade

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has made a number of changes to its product offering. It...

First-time buyers fixing for longer

Accord Mortgages has reported that first-time buyers are fixing their mortgage for longer than...

New deals and rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is making changes to both the residential and buy-to-let product ranges with new...

The Skipton refreshes residential range with tracker cuts

The Skipton Building Society is reducing rates on its two-year residential tracker mortgages and...

The Leeds offers fee-free fixes with cashback

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its fixed rate mortgage range and introduced new...

TMW unveils its first sub-2% five-year BTL fix

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is launching its lowest ever five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage...

Hampshire Trust cuts BTL/HMO five-year rate

Hampshire Trust Bank’s commercial mortgages team has reduced its remortgage buy-to-let and house in...

New BTL fixes from BM Solutions

BM Solutions has introduced two new buy-to-let fixed rate products. Details are as follows: 1.45%...

Cost of mortgages starts to increase

Mortgage Brain has revealed that the cost of mortgages is on the rise with...

Platform cuts fixed rates and changes criteria

Platform cut has rates on selected 90% LTV mortgages across two, three and five-year...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

The Vernon hires internal BDM to expand intermediary reach

Vernon Building Society has appointed Damien Sabbaghe as intermediary business development manager as it...

Coventry trims first-time buyer and limited company buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has cut selected mortgage rates for first-time buyers and limited company...

TRM adds to PMI team with supervision & development manager hire

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has appointed Gemma Penkethman as PMI supervision &...

Rental yields rise across England and Wales as buy-to-let market enters more volatile period

Rental yields increased annually in every region of England and Wales in the first...

PROFILES