Green mortgages

The Coventry offers £500 for energy efficiency

Coventry for intermediaries has launched an incentive for its borrowers to carry out work...

West One launches Funding the Future campaign

West One Loans has unveiled a new environmental sustainability initiative, to fund projects based...

Barclays cuts mortgages by up to 38bps

Barclays Mortgages is making rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges –...

Landbay cuts Special Edition BTL rates

Landbay has unveiled new rate reductions in its Special Edition range and has two...

Climate change and the need to improve EPC ratings

The UK was the first country to set an ambitious target to bring all...

Are strides being made in the green mortgage market?

Back in October 2018 we introduced the Barclays Green Home Mortgage. As the first...

NatWest cuts rates by up to 84bps

NatWest has made a series of changes across its product portfolio for both new...

Virgin Money introduces new remortgage exclusives

Virgin Money is launching two new remortgage exclusives and reducing rates on a number...

Landbay unveils rate reductions

Landbay has lowered pricing across the majority of its core products, including its green...

Majority of industry professionals want EPC ratings reflected in valuations

71% of property professionals think valuers should reflect the EPC rating in value depending...

The Leeds launches green mortgage range

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled two new cashback mortgages for the most energy...

NatWest offers preferential rate on new green mortgage deal

NatWest Group has launched a new ‘green remortgage’ product. The new product will offer a...

Bank of Ireland launches green buy-to-let mortgages

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has introduced a new range of mortgages for more...

Foundation Home Loans launches 1.99% green BTL

Foundation Home Loans has opened up its green mortgage products to landlords purchasing property. The...

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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