Green mortgages

Mortgage discounts key to energy efficiency upgrades

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy...

Virgin Money introduces Green Reward programme

Virgin Money is introducing a new environmentally friendly reward scheme for existing residential and buy-to-let mortgage customers....

75% of over-55s ignorant of green mortgages

Research commissioned by equity release advisory firm Age Partnership has found that 80% of...

Mortgage Climate Action Group reveals growth plan

The Mortgage Climate Action Group (MCAG) has outlined the next stage of its growth...

Foundation Home Loans reprices residential mortgage offering

Foundation Home Loans has announced the repricing of its full residential mortgage range for...

Virgin Money to reintroduce mortgage range

Virgin Money is launching a new range of mortgage products for new customers on...

Top environmental QC publishes climate change advice

Environmental analytics business Groundsure has announced the latest legal climate risk advice it has...

Borrowers consider green mortgages amid rising energy bills

In July, searches for mortgages which consider a property’s EPC rating grew by 34%,...

LendInvest opens new Glasgow office

LendInvest has opened a new office in Scotland to meet increasing demand for property...

Busy beginning to August for mortgage activity

Twenty7Tec has issued its findings based on its mortgage platform data for August 2022. The...

Legal & General Mortgage Club unveils educational Green Hub

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support the sector...

Environmental concerns losing importance for house buyers

As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, new call data from Moneypenny, shows eco...

Twenty7Tec: product availability at three-quarters of pre-pandemic levels

Twenty7Tec has published its findings based on its mortgage platform data for July 2022. Monthly...

We have “lift-off” in the green mortgage sector

In June, Twenty7Tec saw a fall in mortgage searches across all mortgage types, based...

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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