Mortgages

Adverse borrowers less likely to use a broker than 12 months ago

50% of potential homebuyers with adverse credit say they would speak to a mortgage...

Barclays cuts residential purchase and remortgage rates

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

Mpowered Mortgages unveils two-year fixed rate cuts

MPowered Mortgages has reduced its two-year fixed rate range by up to 30 basis...

James Briggs joins new specialist lender

James Briggs has been appointed as intermediary sales director by newly launched specialist lender...

60% of brokers fearful of Budget’s ramifications

The majority of mortgage advisers believe there will be a negative impact on the...

Lender technology still a burden for brokers

46% of brokers are always having to deal with a technical issue or glitch...

Agility key to brokers meeting client need

Mortgage Brain has reported that brokers are becoming increasingly agile and creative in order...

Market Harborough BS hires specialist BDM

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Parveen Arora as its new specialist business development...

Coventry for intermediaries improves affordability

Coventry for intermediaries has made positive changes to its residential affordability calculator. It has also...

Coventry for intermediaries improves mortgage affordability

Coventry for intermediaries has made positive changes to its residential affordability calculator. It has also...

MPowered Mortgages cuts three-year fixed rates

MPowered Mortgages has made reductions to its three-year mortgage range by up to 30...

Grange Mortgages selects finova Broker’s CRM and Customer Portal

Finova Broker has onboarded its CRM platform and Customer Portal with Grange Mortgages. Northampton-based...

Over 40% have increased unsecured borrowing

41% of people have increased their unsecured borrowing in the last 12 months, according...

Clydesdale ups residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing rates on a range of its mortgage products. The changes are...
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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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Regulation

Government commits to licensing property agents but detail remains unclear

The government has committed to mandatory licensing and qualifications for property agents as part...
charity

Meet the hosts of Mortgage’s Got Talent

As the mortgage industry prepares to swap case discussions, criteria and rates for microphones,...
legal

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...

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