Mortgages

Market Harborough BS refreshes specialist mortgage offering

Market Harborough Building Society has updated its specialist mortgage products, including simplifying its residential...

OSB Group makes internal promotions within sales team

OSB Group has made changes to its sales team with a pair of internal...

Pepper Money begins new podcast season

Pepper Money has launched the fourth season of The Specialist, its podcast for mortgage...

MPowered Mortgages cuts rates by up to 0.65%

MPowered Mortgages has made rate reductions across its fixed rate range. Three-year fixed rates now...

Saffron for Intermediaries boosts support for large loan borrowers

Saffron for Intermediaries has made rate cuts across three of its owner-occupied and green...

TML boosts self-employed applicant’s affordability by extra £230k

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has demonstrated its approach to 'real life lending' by helping...

Dudley BS completes £1.4m self-build remortgage

The Dudley Building Society has completed a £1.4 million self-build remortgage, with the case...

Mutual Vision launches ‘bank in a box’ platform

Mutual Vision (MV) is launching MV Solar today. The cloud-native, digital banking platform, which is...

Virgin Money to increase range of fixed rate mortgages

Virgin Money is increasing rates on a number of mortgage products this evening (8pm...

Optimus and L&C Mortgages agree partnership renewal

Optimus has announced the renewal of its long-term partnership with mortgage advisers, London &...

Barclays to cut selected residential purchase rates

Barclays has announced that it is reducing rates on a selection of products in...

Younger buyers expect green improvements to boost home value

74% of millennial and Gen Z buyers (18 to 34 year-olds) believe energy efficiency...

Leek Building Society now live on Iress MSO

Iress has announced that Leek Building Society is the latest lender to go live...

Perenna partners with Kuppa for retrofitting

Perenna has joined forces with energy intelligence provider, Kuppa, to create an interactive retrofit...

COMMENT

Plugging the first-time buyer knowledge gap

A couple of weeks ago, I found myself down at my local, surrounded by family, friends and the usual mix of conversation. Among the...

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...

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Family Building Society cuts minimum property value to £75k

Family Building Society has lowered its minimum property value from £120,000 to £75,000 across...

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

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