Mortgages

Landbay ups buy-to-let LTVs to 80%

Buy-to-let lender, Landbay, has increased its maximum loan to value (LTV) from 75% to...

Possible return to annual growth in Q4 for purchase lending

UK Finance's Household Finance Review for the third quarter has revealed that house purchase lending...

Stark difference in average minimum and maximum loan amounts available

The average maximum loan available to mortgage borrowers in November was £278,145, while the...

UTB appoints key accounts manager

United Trust Bank (UTB) has appointed Hannah Oades as key accounts manager. The hire has...

Masthaven Bank bolsters leadership team and board

Masthaven Bank has made a number of new appointments as well as promotions within its...

Foundation Home Loans unveils BTL & residential remortgages

Foundation Home Loans has launched new remortgage products across both its buy-to-let and residential...

New first-time buyer five-year fix from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched a new mortgage for first-time buyers. The Core product is fixed...

TSB makes selected residential rate reductions

TSB Bank has announced a number of changes to its residential range of mortgages. The...

New CFO at Kensington Mortgages

Kensington Mortgages has appointed Alexander Filshie as its new chief financial officer (CFO). He replaces...

New chair for AMI

Andrew Montlake, managing director of Coreco Mortgages, is the new chair of the Association...

Reliance Bank launches key worker mortgage range

Reliance Bank has updated its key worker mortgage product range. The bank says its range has...

Trio of senior hires at AML firm

SmartSearch expanded its senior team with three new appointments. The anti-money laundering (AML) firm has...

Lenders’ caution behind rise in higher LTV costs

Mortgage Brain has revealed a substantial rise in the cost of borrowing for low-deposit...

New Flexit deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate Flexit mortgages with no...

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AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

GIS must be at the heart of place-based policymaking

The UK is under increasing pressure to deliver more homes, strengthen national infrastructure, and meet ambitious environmental goals – from the New Towns Taskforce...

The PT is dead. Long live the broker!

Did you know that every time a borrower approaches their bank directly, a mortgage broker dies? I’m teasing, of course. They don’t really die....

Landlords defy the doom – the buy-to-let bounce-back

While the Bank of England recently voted to hold the interest rate at 4%, which will have been disappointing news to landlords who had...

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TRM launches tool to help advisers assess clients’ financial shortfalls

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has introduced a Shortfall Needs Analysis Calculator designed...

HTB completes £1.1m Midlands refinancing in four hours

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has completed a £1.1m residential investment refinancing in the Midlands...

Brookfield Surveyors joins BDLA as associate member

Brookfield Surveyors has become an associate member of the Bridging and Development Lenders Association...

Shawbrook backs 42-home London scheme with £13m development facility

Shawbrook has partnered with P10 Financial Group to provide a £13m development facility that...

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