Mortgages

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...

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...

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Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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