Mortgages

West One joins Society for Mortgage Professionals

West One has become the first specialist lender to join the Society for Mortgage...

The Nottingham moves back into 90% LTV space

The Nottingham Building Society has relaunch 90% loan to value (LTV) mortgages. The news comes...

Metro Bank cuts 90% LTV five-year rates

Metro Bank has introduced rate reductions of 0.4 percentage points on its 90% LTV...

Metro Bank agrees distribution deal with Brilliant Solutions

Metro Bank has joined forces with Brilliant Solutions, with the lender now on the panel...

NatWest cuts rates for new and existing customers

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making rate reductions across its new and existing customer product...

Accord reinstates higher income LTI cap

Accord Mortgages is reintroducing its loan-to-income (LTI) cap to five times for those on...

Pepper Money added to MBT Affordability

MBT Affordability has announced the addition of Pepper Money to the platform. It provides brokers...

Coventry for Intermediaries appoints business development team manager

Coventry for Intermediaries has appointed Mark Simpkins as business development team manager. He will a...

L&G outlines top 2020 broker mortgage searches

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed the top five mortgage searches by advisers...

IMLA: expect 2021 gross mortgage lending rise

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has predicted a increase in gross mortgage lending...

Skipton introduces 1.64% fixed rate

The Skipton Building Society has unveiled a new low rate residential fixed rate mortgage. The...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts 85% LTV rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced the rates on its two and five-year 85% LTV mortgage...

eKeeper unveils Intermediary Manager solution

eKeeper has introduced its a product - Intermediary Manager - to all financial institutions...

44% of intermediaries looking forward to 2021

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reported that 54% of brokers and intermediaries say they undershot...

COMMENT

Taking the anxiety out of finance

It’s an anxious time for mortgage borrowers. A recent study by Handelsbanken Wealth found that the proportion of UK adults apprehensive about making mortgage...

Cashback should put conveyancing into the advice conversation

One of the more interesting findings from our latest quarterly statistics was the position of Nationwide Building Society, which accounted for 25% of all...

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...

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TMG Mortgage Network strengthens finance team with senior appointment

TMG Mortgage Network has appointed Donna Bibby as head of finance, with responsibility for...

Homeowners turn to mortgage brokers for guidance ahead of Budget

Mortgage brokers could face increased demand for advice following the Autumn Budget, with 93%...

Halifax updates mortgage application platform ahead of Lloyds rebrand

Halifax Intermediaries has introduced an updated online mortgage application system designed to simplify case...

Northern England dominates property hotspots as buyers seek better value

More than half of England and Wales's 50 leading emerging property hotspots are in...

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