Mortgages

Toni Smith to lead Sesame network

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Toni Smith to the newly created role of...

A temperature check of the property market

The UK property market has shown definite signs of recovery this year, gradually overcoming...

Foundation brands announce rate cuts

The buy-to-let brand of specialist lender, Foundation Home Loans, has announced new rate cuts...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Perenna to panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of market disrupter Perenna Bank to its lender...

Norton Home Loans ups max loan size and LTV

Norton Home Loans has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) ratio and a...

Saffron for Intermediaries cuts owner-occupied rates

Saffron for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions across its Owner Occupied range. The range also...

Coventry for intermediaries enhances application process

Coventry for intermediaries has added new functionality to its online system to make it...

Tony Ward becomes Gen H chair

Gen H has announced the appointment of Tony Ward as the new chair of...

Call for government to simplify property taxes to help FTBs

Equity release adviser Key Later Life Finance is arguing that overhauling the tax rules...

Perenna launches SVR comparison calculator

Perenna has unveiled a new Standard Variable Rate (SVR) comparison calculator to showcase the...

Skipton BS to launch 12 new 80% LTV deals

Skipton Building Society is launching 12 new 80% loan to value (LTV) residential products...

Pepper Money improves criteria for those snubbed by high street

Pepper Money has made a series of criteria improvements to make its mortgages more...

Hodge cuts 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi rates

Hodge is making further rate reductions across its 50+, RIO and Hodge Resi mortgage...

Twenty7tec teams up with Next Intelligence

Twenty7tec and mortgage and insurance club, Next Intelligence, have partnered to give Next Intelligence...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

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...

Latest news

Skipton targets brokers with ‘yes-led’ push

Skipton Building Society has launched a new intermediary proposition aimed at improving access to lending...

MPC call ‘not the headline’ says Loan.co.uk chief

Ahead of this week’s Bank of England decision the focus for brokers should be...

Paragon adds limited edition 75% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Bank has launched six limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products, including new...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let rates across core range

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its Prime, Core...

PROFILES