Mortgages

Together Financial Services splits CABS securitisation

Together Financial Services has separated and upsized its £1.25bn Charles Street securitisation programme (CABS)...

Gen H cuts new business mortgage rates

Gen H has announced a series of rate reductions aimed at its new business...

PEXA reaches £100m transactional milestone

PEXA has processed £100 million worth of UK remortgage transactions through its platform. The increasing...

Santander evaluates UK retail banking operations amid strategic review

Santander is conducting a strategic review of its UK retail banking business, nearly two...

Regulatory reform: a boost for borrowers or a risky move?

Over the festive period, the government reached out to financial regulators, including the FCA,...

Borrower expectations need to be managed with Stamp Duty deadline looming

Mortgage trade bodes have sounded a warning over the impending Stamp Duty holiday deadline. Since...

Combined salary averages in 2024 mortgage searches up 9.52% YOY

Twenty7tec has reported a year-on-year rise in mortgage searches of 7.96% across 2024. The first...

Foundation Home Loans increases maximum loan sizes

Foundation Home Loans has announced maximum loan size increases across the majority of its...

Hanley Economic BS launches 2-year 95% LTV tracker with no fees

Hanley Economic Building Society has added to its residential mortgage range with the launch...

Gen H in funding partnership with the Penrith

Gen H has agreed a forward-flow funding arrangement with Penrith Building Society. Starting this month,...

Growth in mortgage and rental spending slows

The latest Barclays Property Insights report has revealed that rent and mortgage spending increased...

MBE reveals keynote speaker for northern show

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that Ken Clark, deputy agent for the North...

Just Mortgages bolsters self-employed recruitment team

Just Mortgages has moved to strengthen its recruitment efforts with the appointment of Kara...

Rachel Geddes becomes MAB’s strategic partnerships director

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has made two new senior appointments. Rachel Geddes is to become...
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COMMENT

Comment

The fall in BTL company formations isn’t the whole story

It is often the case with housing and mortgage market data that the headline figure attracts most of the attention, while some of the...

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...

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SortRefer expands faster conveyancing service after pilot cuts completion times

SortRefer has rolled out its Enhanced conveyancing service to all registered brokers after a...
News

Octane revives specialist buy-to-let range with loans up to £15m

Octane Capital has returned to the specialist buy-to-let market with a range offering loans...
First-time buyers

Student loan repayments squeeze first-time buyer deposit savings

More than 1.5 million young adults believe student loan repayments are making it harder...
Appointments

The Exeter moves Woodley into healthcare development role

The Exeter has appointed Karen Woodley as head of healthcare development, giving her responsibility...

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