Mortgages

Leeds BS cuts rates and launches new FTB deal

Leeds Building Society has announced mortgage rate cuts of up to 30 basis points...

Landbay expands Limited Edition and PT ranges

Landbay has bolstered its limited-edition range with four new products for small houses in...

Mortgage maverick author has a ‘wheely’ good time

The air under the arches of Waterloo Station smelled of old rain and fresh...

Virgin Money reduces fixed mortgage rates across key products

Virgin Money has announced a range of mortgage rate reductions, set to take effect...

West One introduces new online affordability calculator

West One Loans has launched a new online affordability calculator for residential mortgages. The tool...

Precise improves first-time buyer affordability

Precise, part of OSB Group, has revised the affordability calculation process for its residential...

Butterfield launches fixed rate mortgages for HNW individuals

Butterfield Mortgages has unveiled a pair of new fixed rate mortgage products aimed at...

Atom bank cuts Prime mortgage rates

Atom bank has lowered rates across its Prime mortgage range. Two-year fixed rate Prime products...

Barclays claims lowest five-year fixed rate on the market

Barclays is making further reductions to its mortgage rates tomorrow (4 March). New rates include...

Newcastle BS reports record mortgage lending

Newcastle Building Society has published its financial results for 2024. Gross mortgage lending for 2024...

Loughborough Building Society partners with Finance Advice Club

Loughborough Building Society is expanding its intermediary distribution with its new partnership with Finance...

MPowered reduces pricing on two & three-year fixes

MPowered Mortgages has cut its two and three-year fixed-rate mortgages. The changes are applicable to...

Coventry for intermediaries reduces rates on select fixed rate deals

Coventry for intermediaries has lowered selected fixed rates for both residential and buy-to-let applications. Rates...

Hanley Economic expands RIO and 95% LTV residential lending offerings

Hanley Economic Building Society has added a new two-year fixed rate option to its...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

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...

Latest news

West One cuts residential rates and adds Premier Plus credit tier

West One Loans has cut rates across its residential mortgage range and introduced a...

LSL Financial Services names Paula Mercer as sales director

LSL Financial Services has appointed Paula Mercer as sales director with responsibility for sales...

UnderwriteMe appoints Chan to strategic partnerships role

UnderwriteMe has appointed Tiffany Chan as strategic partnerships manager as it looks to develop...

Key expands later life advice across full mortgage range

Key Group has widened its later life lending advice model, enabling advisers to research...

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