Mortgages

Sedgwick succeeds Rowntree as Paragon’s mortgages MD

Paragon Bank has announced the appointment of Louisa Sedgwick as managing director of its...

Precise launches mobile app with MagiClick

Precise, part of OSB Group, has launched a mobile app for brokers, following months...

West One joins L&C’s residential and BTL panels

West One Loans has been added to London & Country Mortgages’ (L&C) panel of...

Perenna offers retrofitting discount

Perenna has launched a retrofit discount, a new product feature designed to incentivise homeowners...

Leeds BS announces rate reductions of up to 30bps

Leeds Building Society has announced reductions to selected fixed rate products. Rates have been reduced...

LiveMore cuts rates by up to 106bps

LiveMore has made widespread rate reductions across its range of products, with cuts of...

Virgin Money makes large number of fixed rate mortgage cuts

Virgin Money is making a series of changes to its fixed mortgage rates on...

April Mortgages makes positive capital-raising changes

April Mortgages has improved its capital-raising criteria to help prospective first-time buyers. Borrowers will be...

Coventry for intermediaries unveils 3.90% fix and other rate cuts

Coventry for intermediaries has launched a new five-year fixed rate at 3.90% and reduced...

Intermediaries recover their positivity about the future

Intermediary confidence in the outlook for the mortgage industry has now recovered to its...

Twenty7tec sees affordability sourcing rise following SOURCE update

Twenty7tec has revealed that it has seen an increase in the usage of its...

Foundation Home Loans appoints chief treasury officer

Foundation Home Loans has announced the recruitment of Matt Blake as chief treasury officer...

April Mortgages unveils interest rate cuts

April Mortgages has reduced the interest rates on its range of 5-15 year fixed...

Confidence up despite higher rent and mortgage costs in July

Rising mortgage costs were offset by falling energy bills in July, while the Bank...

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Housing promises vs. reality: Will the Government deliver on 1.5 million new homes?

Next year will be 80 years since the New Towns Act (1946) was passed through Parliament. As a result of the destruction during WWII, this...

Navigating a changing buy-to-let landscape in 2025

The buy-to-let market has long been a cornerstone of the UK property sector, but recent trends and upcoming policy changes are reshaping the landscape. For...

Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

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Sorting it out! Big law firm celebrates five years of growth in Cardiff

Sort Legal, part of the Sort Group, is celebrating its fifth year in Cardiff. Sort...

Mortgage campaigner and Labour MP Taiwo Owatemi faces backlash over ‘Pet Rent’ expense claims

Labour MP and mortgage campaigner Taiwo Owatemi is under fire after revelations surfaced that...

HLPartnership adds trio of providers to GI panel

HLPartnership (HLP) is expanding its general insurance (GI) panel. Following feedback from its brokers, the...

Santander cuts affordability rates following FCA guidance

Santander UK has become the first major lender to reduce its residential mortgage affordability...