Mortgages

Brokers increasing number of furloughed worker searches

Knowledge Bank’s monthly criteria index has revealed that in November 'furloughed workers’ returned to...

Consumers want regular broker communication

DPR Group's Mortgage Insights 20/21 research, has concluded that mortgage borrowers may prefer a...

Accord unveils positive changes to 90% LTV offering

Accord Mortgages is reducing product fees to £495 (from £995) and launching a cashback...

The Mortgage Broker Club launches following pilot

The Mortgage Broker Club, a new digital service to support mortgage brokers across the country,...

Innovation webinar to highlight UTB, Landbay & Optalitix

United Trust Bank (UTB), specialist AI solutions provider Optalitix and Landbay are to feature...

TSB cuts range of residential rates

TSB Bank has reduced a number of rates within its residential mortgage range. First-time buyer...

The Buckinghamshire BS suspends new applications

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has temporarily suspended new applications following "unprecedented demand" for its...

Kensington launches into Northern Ireland

Kensington Mortgages has officially launched in Northern Ireland today. This marks Kensington as the only...

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...

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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