Mortgages

Residential transactions rise again ahead of Budget

UK property transaction figures for September suggest that market activity continues to recover, with...

House prices edge higher as market shows signs of resilience

UK house prices rose slightly in October, according to Nationwide’s latest house price index,...

The Monmouthshire partners with Phoebus in five-year digital transformation deal

Monmouthshire Building Society has signed a five-year agreement with Phoebus Software to provide account...

Buyers Face £2.2m price tag to secure a slice of history this Halloween

Aspiring homeowners looking to live like royalty this Halloween may find the dream of...

Perenna expands long-term fixed rate range

Perenna has broadened its range of long-term fixed rate mortgages, introducing new seven, 10...

Barclays’ reductions to see rates below 4%

Barclays will reduce rates across its residential mortgage range from tomorrow, 31 October, with...

Atom bank urges more near-prime flexibility and education

Atom bank has called for lenders to adopt greater flexibility and understanding towards borrowers...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates and expands energy-efficient home range

HSBC UK is reducing rates and broadening its product suite for both residential and...

Brokers eager but cautious over AI adoption

Paradigm has published the results of its first national survey into how mortgage and...

UTB appoints new director to strengthen broker engagement

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Caroline Mirakian as proposition and marketing director for...

Mortgage lending surges to seven-month high as borrowing costs ease

Mortgage lending rose sharply in September as homebuyers took advantage of easing borrowing costs...

Turning back the clocks: it’s time for a re-set

I’ve lived by the mantra saying yes to something means saying no to something...

The Buckinghamshire cuts rates across specialist credit ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has reduced rates by 0.20% across three of its specialist credit...

Black Mortgage Professionals & Allies Network marks first anniversary

More than one hundred professionals gathered at Lloyds Banking Group’s London headquarters on 23...

COMMENT

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

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ModaMortgages cuts rates with limited edition buy-to-let range

ModaMortgages has launched a limited edition buy-to-let range with rates reduced by up to...

First-time buyers face confidence gap as unexpected costs and delays mount

Nine in 10 first-time buyers believe they understand the home-buying process before starting, but...

Family BS hires Paul Ormonde for Central London broker role

Family Building Society has appointed Paul Ormonde as a business development manager covering Central...

LendInvest raises £300m through latest Mortimer securitisation

LendInvest has completed its eighth Mortimer residential mortgage-backed securitisation, securing £300 million of funding...

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