Mortgages

The Right Mortgage outlines Kick Off meeting schedule

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network and DA Club have signalled the start of...

Dudley Building Society reduces retention and further advance rates

Dudley Building Society has updated its range of mortgage retention products. This includes rate reductions...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) partners with Atom bank

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has added Atom bank to its lender panel. The deal provides...

HSBC revises mortgage product end dates

HSBC is making changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage product ranges. The changes will...

Family Building Society improves buy-to-let lending criteria

Family Building Society has introduced a new range of owner-occupier interest-only and buy-to-let products. Two-year...

Precise reduces residential rates and adds new fee options

Precise has revised its residential product range and reduced rates across the 75% and...

Atom bank cuts Near Prime & Prime rates

Atom bank has lowered reduced rates across both its Prime and Near Prime products. Rates...

Pepper Money offers limited edition remortgage deal

Pepper Money has unveiled a Limited Edition remortgage-only offer, which contains no upfront fee. It...

Simple Financial Planning partners with Sikoia

Sikoia has announced a new partnership with brokerage Simple Financial Planning to improve broker...

Mortgage approvals rise in December as borrowing rebounds

Net mortgage approvals for house purchases slightly increased to 66,500 in December, compared to...

Bank of England cautions against relaxing mortgage lending limits

The Bank of England (BoE) has warned that easing mortgage lending restrictions could lead...

Virgin Money unveils new residential and buy-to-let products

Virgin Money is introducing a range of new products on Thursday 30 January, providing...

Advisers’ top concerns are rising costs and mortgage market instability

A nationwide survey of financial advisers, conducted by The Exeter, has discovered their main...

UTB doubles maximum loan size to £2m

United Trust Bank Mortgages has doubled its maximum residential first charge mortgage loan size...

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...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

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...

Latest news

Landbay adds 70% LTV Premier products and cuts small HMO rates

Landbay has added eight five-year fixed-rate products at 70% loan-to-value to its Premier range...

Nivo to launch broker roundtable series in Manchester

Nivo is launching a series of private broker roundtables, beginning with a lunch at...

Landlords move to sell portfolios before Renters’ Rights Act takes effect

Law firm Thackray Williams has reported a wave of instructions from landlords looking to...

Gen H widens Scottish broker access after MAB pilot

Gen H has opened its Scottish distribution to all brokers on its panel, following...

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