Mortgages

Virgin Money cuts rates and launches new exclusive deals across purchase and remortgage range

Virgin Money has announced a series of rate reductions and the launch of new...

Fignum appoints Steve Carruthers as growth director to accelerate next phase of expansion

Mortgage technology specialist Fignum has appointed Steve Carruthers as growth director, signalling its intent...

The Mortgage Stop joins New Leaf

The Mortgage Stop, a Romsey-based brokerage founded by husband and wife team Rohit and...

Paradigm launches fourth School of Marketing to support advisers

Paradigm has launched the latest edition of its annual School of Marketing, aimed at...

Atom Bank strengthens tech leadership to accelerate product growth

Atom Bank has announced a wave of senior internal promotions within its technology team,...

New London-based brokerage launches with family focus and female leadership

A new mortgage advice firm, Heath Mortgage Solutions, has launched in London today, backed...

Hinckley & Rugby takes its residential mortgage range to Scotland

Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries has expanded its residential mortgage lending into mainland Scotland,...

Simplybiz Mortgages adds Afin Bank to lender panel

Simplybiz Mortgages has added new specialist entrant Afin Bank to its lender panel. The addition...

Market Harborough broadens tier two mortgage criteria to boost complex case lending

Market Harborough Building Society has introduced a series of criteria enhancements to its tier...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

Coventry for intermediaries has announced rate cuts of up to 19 basis points, with...

Halifax cuts remortgage rates across selected two and five-year fixed deals

Halifax Intermediaries has announced a series of rate cuts across its remortgage product range,...

The Leeds reports £104m profit amid robust lending and savings growth

Leeds Building Society has reported a profit before tax of £104.4 million for the...

Afin Bank added to Brilliant Solutions panel

Afin Bank has joined the lender panel of Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club and Packaging...

Acre expands partnership with Iress to include protection sourcing

Acre has strengthened its ties with fintech provider Iress by selecting the firm to...

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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Landbay webinar to examine outlook for rates and UK economy

Landbay is to host an economic webinar examining the outlook for interest rates, inflation...

Cost of living hits homeownership plans for more than half of young Scots

More than half of younger adults in Scotland say cost-of-living pressures are the biggest...

Precise cuts residential mortgage offer times with new platform

Precise has launched a residential mortgage platform after a pilot reduced average application-to-offer times...

Impaired credit mortgage sales rise to highest level since 2008

Mortgage lending to borrowers with impaired credit histories has climbed to levels not seen...

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