Fixed rates

“Substantial” rise in demand for five-year fixes

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association’s (IMLA) latest Mortgage Market Tracker, has reported that 88% of...

New five-year deals from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched two new pay-rate five-year fixes; one in its Standard (Individual)...

Sharp rise in five-year fix popularity

LMS has reported that 42% of remortgagors opted for a five-year fixed rate mortgage...

Metro Bank reduces BTL and residential rates

Metro Bank has made changes to both its residential and buy-to-let product ranges. Rates for...

New fixed rates from Paragon

Paragon has added four two-year fixed Portfolio products to its buy-to-let range. Rates start...

TSB increases remortgage fixed rates

TSB has increased fixed rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on a number...

Mortgage costs continue to fall

The cost of mortgages has continued to fall with new data from Mortgage Brain...

The Skipton unveils three-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of intermediary-only three-year fixed...

New 2-year deals from Atom bank

Digital Mortgages by Atom bank has reintroduced its two-year 60% and 75% LTV products. Details...

TSB increases 2 and 5-year remortgage fixed rates

TSB has increased fixed rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on three of...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts mortgage rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced a number of products across its range and has introduced...

Trio of two-year fixes from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched new high loan to value (LTV) deals. The two-year...

Accord to pull its record low fixed rate

Accord Mortgages is to withdraw its record low 0.99% two-year fixed rate mortgage at 8pm...

Skipton cuts residential mortgage rates

The Skipton Building Society has cut a number of its residential mortgage rates and...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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