Mortgages

Dudley BS launches large loan mortgages to whole of market

Dudley Building Society has opened up access to its residential large loan mortgage range...

FTBs show widespread lack of shared ownership understanding

Only 35% of prospective first-time buyers can accurately define shared ownership, suggesting that many...

Majority of couples see buying a home as bigger commitment than marriage

64% of adults in unwedded relationships would prioritise getting on the property ladder over...

Coventry for intermediaries cuts select residential rates

Coventry for intermediaries has announced reductions to selected residential fixed rates by up to...

Credit scoring vs credit checking in a tougher market

Understanding the fundamental differences between a credit score and a credit check and how...

Dudley BS cuts rates by up to 0.80%

Dudley Building Society is making rate cuts across its residential, buy-to-let, holiday let, expat,...

BBR hold decision shouldn’t take away from positive outlook

After this month’s MPC meeting and the decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR)...

Atom bank improves criteria for near prime offering

Atom bank has made changes to its Near Prime criteria. Unsatisfied registered defaults are now...

West One Loans adds new 65% LTV tier

West One Loans has unveiled a new 65% LTV tier with lower rates. The...

Leeds BS cuts rates and adds new 95% LTV options

Leeds Building Society had made reductions across its mortgage range to cut the cost...

Mansfield BS adds criteria search to website

Mansfield Building Society has added a new criteria search function on its website, helping...

Residential By Foundation launches into JBSP arena

Residential by Foundation has moved into the Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) product space...

April Mortgages unveils purchase mortgage range

April Mortgages has launched a new, 'Dutch style', house purchase mortgage range. All intermediary firms...

Gen H boosts five-year product affordability

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has started to differentiate between its two and three-year...

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...

Latest news

Barclays hikes mortgage rates for second time in a week

Barclays is increasing fixed mortgage rates for the second time this week as rising...

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...

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