Mortgages

Nationwide trims fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.19 points

Nationwide is cutting fixed mortgage rates for first-time buyers, home movers and remortgage customers...

Walbrook launches mortgage adviser apprenticeship pathway

Walbrook Institute London has expanded its apprenticeship offering with a new Level 3 pathway...

AMI seeks adviser views for seventh protection study

Mortgage and protection advisers have been invited to contribute to the Association of Mortgage...

Unexpected moving costs hit 95% of recent homebuyers

Almost all recent UK homebuyers encountered unexpected costs during their move, research from property...

Lloyds’ green home cashback payments reach £6m

Lloyds Banking Group has paid £2.5 million to mortgage customers through intermediaries under its...

Gatehouse sells £405m home finance portfolio interest to Waterfall

Gatehouse Bank has sold the economic interest in a £405m home purchase plan portfolio...

Yorkshire BS returns to television advertising after a decade

Yorkshire Building Society has launched its first television advertising campaign in 10 years, with...

Dudley Building Society hires two senior managers

Dudley Building Society has appointed Jayne Roberts as head of lending and Richard McDonald...

Pepper Money expands broker support with two regional appointments

Pepper Money has appointed two regional development managers to support mortgage brokers in the...

Omni Mortgage Club adds Monmouthshire BS to lender panel

Omni Mortgage Club has added Monmouthshire Building Society to its lender panel, giving its...

Sixth Street and Bayview acquire Castle Trust Bank

Castle Trust Bank has been acquired from J.C. Flowers & Co by investment vehicles...

LendInvest appoints Darrell Walker to lead mortgage division

LendInvest has appointed Darrell Walker as managing director of mortgages as the specialist lender...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with...

COMMENT

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...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Landbay adds 11 tracker products and cuts rates by up to 15bps

Landbay has expanded its buy-to-let tracker range with 11 new products and reduced rates...

Howden expands in North Wales with Wrexham office

Howden has opened its first commercial insurance office in Wrexham as the broker expands...

UK buyers reluctant to compromise despite affordability pressures

UK homebuyers remain committed to purchasing a property but are less willing than buyers...

Keystone trims buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 15bps

Keystone Property Finance has reduced pricing across a number of its buy-to-let mortgage ranges,...

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