Fixed rates

Metro Bank cuts five year rates

Metro Bank has reduced rates across its five-year-fixed residential range. For residential mortgages under £2 million, the...

Landlords favouring five year fixed rates

While most landlords have been affected by recent and ongoing restrictions to income tax relief...

New Street launches five-year fixes from 2.74%

New Street Mortgages has made a number of rate cuts on its buy-to-let mortgages,...

Vida Homeloans unveils 2.69% fixed rate

Vida Homeloans has announced a new 'Limited Edition' range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages...

Platform cuts rates on buy-to-let

Platform has cut a number of select fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage interest rates by up...

New fixed rates from AA Mortgages

AA Mortgages has launched a new product range offering a number of two, three and...

Newcastle Intermediaries refreshes FTB-centric deals

Newcastle Intermediaries has tweaked its range of mortgage products for first time buyers. The lender has revised rates...

Five-year fixes grow in popularity

Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisors Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index report has found that preference...

HTB rate cuts from Santander

Santander has cut its 75% LTV Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme rates. The lender...

New 80% LTV deals from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries has launched a new range of mortgages at 80% loan to value...

Rates down, proc fees up at Bluestone Mortgages

Bluestone Mortgages has made a number of changes to its offering. It has launched new fixed...

Tesco Bank unveils its lowest ever tracker rate

Tesco Bank has introduced its lowest ever tracker rate mortgage at 0.98%. It has also reduced...

New limited edition five-year deal from Mortgage Trust

Mortgage Trust has launched a new limited edition, five year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage...

The Yorkshire offers FTBs a 3.25% fix

The Yorkshire Building Society has introduced a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.25%. The 95%...

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...

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