Mortgages

April Mortgages ups LTI limits

April Mortgages has increased its loan-to-income caps. The lender provides a range of 5-15...

New index shows scale of homebuying affordability challenge in UK

Skipton Group has launched its Home Affordability Index today. It combines data on the...

Castle Trust Bank makes SW sales team appointment

Castle Trust Bank has bolstered its sales team with the recruitment of Nathan Thorne...

Chancellor urged to make Stamp Duty reform a Budget priority

The Coventry Building Society has called for Stamp Duty reform to be made a...

April Mortgages partners with Coreco

April Mortgages has announced a new partnership with Coreco. Coreco is a London-based provider of...

Hodge improves 50+ and RIO criteria

Hodge has made changes to the criteria on its 50+ and Retirement Interest Only...

Butterfield Mortgages announces two promotions

Butterfield Mortgages has promoted Wendy Scott to senior business development manager and Radhika Madar...

Mojo Mortgages integrates with Twenty7tec’s APPLY

Twenty7tec has announced that Mojo Mortgages has integrated its APPLY module into its back...

Target Group names new chief operating officer

Target Group has promoted Katie Pender to the position of chief operating officer (COO). Pender...

Market Harborough BS allows large loans to £5m

Market Harborough Building Society has announced two key changes to its product range. The...

LiveMore unveils limited edition rates

LiveMore has cut rates on retirement interest-only (RIO) and standard mortgages until the end...

Mansfield BS moves into Scottish BTL market

Mansfield Building Society has announced its launch into the Scottish buy-to-let market. The lender will...

Newcastle for Intermediaries makes non-EEA criteria changes

Newcastle for Intermediaries has made improvements to its lending policy with several criteria changes. These...

Gen H broadens income booster eligibility

Gen H will now accept nieces, nephews and friends as 'income boosters'. Friends can act...

COMMENT

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

Closing the protection gap starts with informed clients

Millions of people have no protection insurance coverage and could be left vulnerable in the event of a death in the family, serious illness...

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...

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LendInvest removes ERCs and cuts rates across buy-to-let tracker range

LendInvest has revamped its buy-to-let tracker mortgage range, removing early repayment charges and increasing...

Cream sets out four steps to narrow protection gap

Cream Financial Solutions has called for greater use of specialist referrals and changes to...

Smart Money People seeks broker views for latest lender benchmark

Smart Money People has opened its H2 2026 Mortgage Lender Benchmark survey, inviting UK...

Cornerstone Network reorganises relationship team around regional support

Cornerstone Network has moved to a regional relationship structure as it looks to increase...

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