Mortgages

Monthly cost of buy-to-let fixes on the rise

The cost of the majority of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages appear to be on...

The Mortgage Lender reduces residential rates

The Mortgage Lender has cut its two-year residential fixed rates to include a 2.65%...

Barclays increases Great Escape cashback amid rate changes

Barclays is cutting rates tomorrow on a selection of products across its residential, buy-to-let...

Mortgage market unaffected by slowdown in property sector

The latest Mortgage Monitor from E.surv found that there were 65,801 residential mortgages approved...

Gap between average 2 and 5-year fixes at seven-year low

The difference between the average two-year and five-year fixed mortgage rate has narrowed by...

Jason Neale to head up Axis Bank’s buy-to-let business

Axis Bank UK has appointed Jason Neale to take over its buy-to-let lending operation. He...

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries appoints senior BDM for East Midlands

Kent Reliance for Intermediaries (KRFI), part of specialist lending and retail savings group OneSavings...

Kensington added to Crystal panel

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has added Kensington Mortgages to its lending panel. The move provides...

The Hinckley & Rugby go live on iFinancial’s AML solution

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has gone live on iFinancial’s AMLtrac anti-money laundering...

Ferguson joins West One Loans for first charge BTL launch

West One Loans has unveiled a range of first charge buy-to-let mortgage products. The range...

The Hanley Economic ups lending levels on flats

The Hanley Economic Building Society will now accept applications on flats situated up to...

Shawbrook adds to residential mortgages team

Shawbrook’s residential mortgages team has announced the appointment of Julia Dobell as business development...

Corporates succeeding while private landlords suffer

The typical buy-to-let investor will be lucky to generate annual returns above 2.5% for...

Saffron cuts expat buy-to-let mortgage rate

The Saffron Building Society has introduced reduced rates and extended terms on its range...

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...

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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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