Mortgages

Foxtons posts strong Q1 as mortgage activity at Alexander Hall surges

Foxtons Group has reported a robust start to the year this morning with financial...

LendInvest cuts rates and revamps credit criteria

LendInvest has announced a series of changes to its residential mortgage offering, cutting fixed...

First-time buyer boost as buying and renting costs align as mortgage rates stabilise

The monthly cost of buying a home is now the same as renting across...

West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

The Vernon lifts overpayment limit on discounted variable rate mortgages

Vernon Building Society has announced a major enhancement to its discounted variable rate mortgage...

Connect adds April Mortgages to lender panel

Connect for Intermediaries has secured an exclusive network partnership with April Mortgages, offering its...

Suffolk BS expands expat range with new 90% LTV products

Suffolk Building Society has announced the launch of new 90% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage...

Saffron for Intermediaries improves development finance offering and extends LTI

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced a wide-ranging refresh of its mortgage offering, with significant...

Virgin Money cuts fixed rates across residential and BTL ranges

Virgin Money is making further adjustments to its mortgage pricing this week, with rate...

Dudley Building Society joins Mortgage Intelligence lender panel

Dudley Building Society has joined the lender panel of Mortgage Intelligence, expanding the network’s...

Atom bank reduces prime residential rates

Atom bank has announced a series of rate cuts across its Prime residential mortgage...

​HSBC slashes mortgage rates amid intensifying competition

HSBC has announced significant reductions across its mortgage offerings, effective from tomorrow (16 April)...

COMMENT

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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