Mortgages

Confused.com owner buys mortgage broker

RVU, owners of Uswitch, Confused.com and Money.co.uk, is to acquire Mojo Mortgages. Mojo, based in...

Brunel Mortgages chooses OMS as preferred technology provider

Brunel Mortgages has selected enquiry to completion platform One Mortgage System (OMS) as its...

New 80% LTV options from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced a series of rate cuts and new 80% LTV product...

Barclays to cut BTL and residential mortgage rates

Barclays Mortgages is introducing rate reductions across its residential and buy-to-let product ranges for...

Clydesdale Bank unveils 90% LTV intermediary exclusive

Clydesdale Bank has launched a new intermediary exclusive at 90% loan to value (LTV). The...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts high LTV rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has lowered the rates on selected residential mortgages by 10 basis...

The Mansfield partners with Brilliant Solutions

The Mansfield Building Society has teamed up with mortgage club and packager, Brilliant Solutions,...

Bank of Ireland launches green buy-to-let mortgages

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has introduced a new range of mortgages for more...

Di Pietro to replace departing Truswell at Newcastle Intermediaries

John Truswell is to leave his role as head of intermediary mortgages at Newcastle...

The Skipton appoints new head of mortgage products

The Skipton Building Society has announced that Charlotte Harrison has become its new head...

Foundation Home Loans launches 1.99% green BTL

Foundation Home Loans has opened up its green mortgage products to landlords purchasing property. The...

The Leeds adds cashback to residential and BTL products

The Leeds Building Society is adding £500 cashback mortgages to a selection of deals. First...

Precise Mortgages reintroduces higher LTVs and adverse criteria

Precise Mortgages has relaunched higher loan to value (LTV) limits across its residential mortgage...

Skipton cuts fixed BTL, residential & retention rates

Skipton Building Society is reducing a number of rates across its residential, buy-to-let and...

COMMENT

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the same type of buy-to-let property, with similar levels of equity...

You own the shares, but are you really just the custodian?

I've built three businesses and I've said the same thing most entrepreneurs have probably said to their mates and family at some point: "Give...

The FCA protection market study shouldn’t ignore redundancy

Considering a third of employers are likely to implement staff redundancies by January 2027, according to Acas, redundancy cover shouldn’t be ignored in wider...

If AI gives us more time to think, we must learn how to think well

The great promise of AI in financial services is usually expressed in terms of what it can remove. Less administration, less duplication, fewer manual...

The right scrutiny is a precursor of growing lending safely

Credit markets have always had to accommodate change, but there are periods when the assumptions on which they have been built begin to move...

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SPF Private Clients signs AI technology agreement with LendWell

SPF Private Clients has agreed a multi-year partnership with Irish mortgage technology firm LendWell...

Leek BS cuts 95% LTV mortgage rates by up to 0.64 percentage points

Leek Building Society is reducing rates across its 95% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgage range...

Why ownership structure matters in buy-to-let

It's a scenario brokers encounter every day. Two landlord clients approach them about the...

Barclays widens affordability criteria for company directors

Barclays has widened its mortgage affordability criteria for limited company directors by expanding the...

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