Mortgages

New range and broker exclusive from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let mortgage product offering. In addition,...

Foundation switches to new underwriting platform

Foundation Home Loans is adopting to LendingMetrics’ ADP underwriting technology. The buy-to-let and residential lender has...

Overseas buyers drove October market activity

Latest figures from Legal & General Mortgage Club's SmartrCriteria tool shows that mortgages for applicants...

Habito offers £500 buy-to-let cashback and ups proc fee

All Habito buy-to-let mortgage products will now come with a customer cashback payout of...

UTB ups first and second charge maximum LTV

United Trust Bank (UTB) has increased the maximum LTV available on its range of...

Affordability analysis could mean a bigger home

The latest MBT Affordability Index from Mortgage Broker Tools has found that the average...

Kensington unveils new digital mortgage platform

Kensington Mortgages is now using a new digital platform created by Sopra Banking Software...

Over one million homebuyers with adverse credit

New research has found that an estimated 1.09 million people with adverse credit could...

Barclays makes residential and BTL rate cuts

Barclays is making a series of changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges. The...

HTB appoints chief risk officer

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Paul Collyer as its new...

TMA: use tech to deal with product maturation spike

TMA Club is calling on advisers who aren’t doing so already to start using...

MoneySuperMarket extends partnership with Optimus

Conveyancing panel management specialist, Optimus, has announced that its agreement with MoneySuperMarket has been...

Smaller lenders key to meeting affordability requirements

Data from MBT Affordability suggests that whole of market research that includes smaller lenders...

Castle Trust cuts rates by 0.25 points

Castle Trust Bank has reduced rates on all of its term products by 0.25...

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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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Santander customers overpay mortgages by £894m

Santander UK customers overpaid their mortgages by more than £894 million in the first...

The Mortgage Lender cuts buy-to-let rates and brings back 75% LTV deals

The Mortgage Lender has reduced buy-to-let rates by up to 0.35% and relaunched selected...

Paradigm adds Afin Bank to lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Afin Bank to its lender panel, giving member firms...

Air supports Linear move into later life lending

Air is supporting Linear Financial Solutions as the Primis Mortgage Network firm launches into...

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