Mortgages

“Great news” about affordability gap

The affordability gap fell to a record low of 15% in November, according to...

Brokers increasing number of furloughed worker searches

Knowledge Bank’s monthly criteria index has revealed that in November 'furloughed workers’ returned to...

Consumers want regular broker communication

DPR Group's Mortgage Insights 20/21 research, has concluded that mortgage borrowers may prefer a...

Accord unveils positive changes to 90% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is reducing product fees to £495 (from £995) and launching a cashback...

The Mortgage Broker Club launches following pilot

The Mortgage Broker Club, a new digital service to support mortgage brokers across the country,...

Innovation webinar to highlight UTB, Landbay & Optalitix

United Trust Bank (UTB), specialist AI solutions provider Optalitix and Landbay are to feature...

TSB cuts range of residential rates

TSB Bank has reduced a number of rates within its residential mortgage range. First-time buyer...

The Buckinghamshire BS suspends new applications

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has temporarily suspended new applications following "unprecedented demand" for its...

Kensington launches into Northern Ireland

Kensington Mortgages has officially launched in Northern Ireland today. This marks Kensington as the only...

Nationwide cuts 85% LTV two-year tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cuts rates by 0.15 percentage points on its two-year fixed...

The Leeds relaunches fee-free buy-to-let mortgages

The Leeds Building Society has introduced a new range of fee-free buy-to-let mortgages. The pair...

Pepper Money allows brokers to manage valuations

Pepper Money has given brokers to opportunity to instruct their own valuations, in a...

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...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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