Mortgages

Precise adds new one-year fixed and lifetime tracker residential options

Precise, part of OSB Group, has expanded its residential offering with one-year fixed rate...

Newcastle for Intermediaries signs up to MIMHC

Newcastle for Intermediaries has become the latest signatory to support the Mortgage Industry Mental...

LiveMore cuts five-year mortgage rates

LiveMore has reduced rates across a series of products by up to 0.58%. The cuts...

OMS reports 30% increase in Q1 completions

OMS has revealed a strong increase in Q1 business in 2024, with a 30.1%...

Gen H joins forces with HL Partnership

Gen H has announced a new partnership with network HL Partnership. The arrangement will...

13% rise in 56-65 year-olds searching for first home

Latest mortgage adviser searches are highlighting the growing trends among first-time buyers in the...

Paradigm releases mental health podcast

Paradigm has launched its second podcast, designed to provide an "informative and relaxed discussion"...

Atom bank appoints BDM for Scotland and N. Ireland

Atom bank has appointed Amy Donnelly to the role of business development manager (BDM)...

LendInvest Mortgages improves residential criteria

LendInvest Mortgages has made a number of changes to criteria for its residential mortgage...

Buckinghamshire BS adds new residential and buy-to-let fixes

Buckinghamshire Building Society has revised its prime residential and buy-to-let product ranges through the...

LiveMore offers up to 100% debt consolidation for remortgaging

LiveMore has launched a new up to 100% standalone debt consolidation range. The lender...

MPowered Mortgages cuts all 2 & 5-year rates

MPowered Mortgages has lowered rates across its two and five-year fixed mortgages ranges. Rates...

Hinckley & Rugby changes criteria for healthcare & skilled worker visa holders

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a range of mortgages to help skilled...

Kensington cuts BTL and residential rates

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its residential and buy-to-let products. The specialist lender has...

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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