Fixed rates

Pepper Money cuts two-year fixed rates

Pepper Money has cut the price on seven of its two-year fixed rate residential...

TMW cuts selected fixed and tracker rates

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates for selected two-year fixed and tracker mortgages by...

Kensington offers limited edition exclusives and 10-year fix

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled a new 10-year fixed product, as well introducing exclusive offers...

Leek United unveils new mortgages

The Leek United Building Society has revamped its mortgage product portfolio. New deals include a two-year discounted...

SVR borrowers could save £229 a month moving to a 10-year fix

Borrowers on their lender’s Standard Variable Rate (SVR) could save over £25,000 in mortgage...

NatWest launches Help to Buy shared equity remortgage range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is launching tomorrow (19 September) a new range of Help to...

Secure Trust Bank introduces new zero product fee range

Secure Trust Bank has cut prices across 70 mortgage products and introduced a new...

Barclays makes mortgage rate reductions

Barclays is reducing the rates on some of its mortgage products tomorrow (7 September). Changes...

Kent Reliance cuts five-year fixed BTL rates

Kent Reliance is making rate reductions to its five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgages for 75%...

Sainsbury’s Bank makes fixed rate mortgage changes

Sainsbury's Bank has made changes to its residential product range as well as the...

Magellan Homeloans unveils buy-to-let offering

Magellan Homeloans has launched a suite of buy-to-let mortgages which will initially only be available through...

Platform unveils new 95% LTV range

Platform is to launch a range of 95% LTV mortgages on Monday (3 September). The...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils joint mortgage sole proprietor range

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a range of intergenerational joint mortgage sole proprietor products, available...

NatWest announces widespread rate changes

NatWest is introducing rate changes to its core and semi-exclusive ranges of residential and...

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

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,...

Tenant views of landlords more positive than wider perceptions, YBS research finds

Private renters are significantly more positive about landlords than wider public debate might suggest,...

Mortgage Brain adds Paymentshield home insurance option to CRM Brain

Mortgage Brain has integrated Paymentshield into CRM Brain, allowing brokers to introduce home insurance...

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