Mortgages

Prospective homebuyers dealing with £11k deposit inflation

Prospective buyers planning to purchase a home in the next 24 months are aiming...

Bluestone Mortgages exits buy-to-let market

Bluestone Mortgages is to focus on the owner-occupied mortgage market and has decided to...

More help needed for prospective homebuyers

50% of current homeowners with a mortgage had support in getting onto the property...

OMS reports 25% application volume rise

One Mortgage System (OMS), the platform for brokers, has revealed that it has seen...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts all residential fixes and expands product range

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced all residential fixed rates by up to 63bps and...

Q&A: Amanda Wilson, The Right Mortgage & Protection Network

BestAdvice fires the questions at Amanda Wilson, director of The Right Mortgage & Protection...

Flying the flag for credit-worthy borrowers

In years gone by, the UK residential mortgage market could – at times –...

PEXA joins OPDA executive committee

OPDA, the trade association for open property data, has announced the appointment of PEXA...

Hodge’s professional mortgage more popular with women

Hodge’s professional mortgage statistics have revealed that 58% of its customers in the past...

MPC split decision raises Bank Rate

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a majority of...

Foundation Home Loans launches new Key Worker range

Foundation Home Loans has expanded its owner-occupied proposition through the launch of products with...

Clydesdale Bank introduces new 60% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Clydesdale Bank is launching new buy-to-let fixed rates on Thursday 3 August. It is also making...

Leeds improves higher LTV short-term fixed rate

Leeds Building Society has improved a range of its short term fixed rate products,...

Gen H introduces product switching range for intermediary partners

Gen H has unveiled its new product switching range for intermediaries. Brokers who help their...

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Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

The 12 Days of Christmas: Staying front of mind when clients go quiet

December has long been a quiet month for mortgage advisers. By mid-November, many client conversations slow or pause entirely, often with the familiar refrain:...

Why UPRNs and data standards are central to the next generation NLIS

In October 2025, through the Fourth Round of the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund (RPF), Government’s Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded Land Data a grant...

AGENT VIEW: I know I’m not a mathematician but to me 6.5 x is the new 3.5 x

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, as they say, and in an era of creeping inflation, job insecurity and the menacing spectre of...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape that had shifted more than I expected. The private B2C surveying...

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OneFamily renews call for lifetime ISA reforms to help first-time buyers

OneFamily has renewed its call for reforms to the lifetime ISA, urging the government...

Landlords pin hopes on commonhold to curb rising charges

Landlords are broadly optimistic that a shift to commonhold could lead to lower service...

Access FS adds 3mc to mortgage panel to support complex cases

Access Financial Services has added 3mc to its mortgage panel in a move aimed...

Propertymark: Newbuild prices slide in key regions

Average asking prices for newly built homes in the South West fell sharply over...

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