Mortgages

MPC keeps Bank Rate at 0.75%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to hold interest rates...

Pepper Money promotes self-employed applicants

Research from Pepper Money has indicated that the average self-employed mortgage applicant earns £57,592,...

Accord improves high LTV proposition

Accord Mortgages has introduced a new 10-year fixed rate mortgage. Homebuyers with a 25% deposit...

Mortgage lending down but assets up at the Leek United

Leek United has reported a fall in mortgage lending for 2018. Lending totalled £158m for...

UTB introduces the ‘Unencumbered Re-start Mortgage’

United Trust Bank (UTB) has unveiled a new first charge mortgage product aimed at...

IFA agrees three-year deal with Mortgage Brain

Independent financial advisers, TFA - Trusted Financial Advice, has chosen Mortgage Brain as its...

TBMC unveils new website

TBMC has launched its new website designed for intermediaries to access its range of...

February rise in mortgage approvals

There were 66,465 mortgages approved during February 2019 (seasonally adjusted), according to e.surv. Approvals were...

Private Label to help with high value cases

The Brightstar Group has turned its Private Label proposition into a service for complex...

The Leeds launches intermediary research panel

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new research panel called Intermediary TalkingPoint. The platform...

Four new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgages from Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint...

Barclays makes mortgage rate cuts

Barclays has made changes to its residential and Reward product ranges. These changes include introducing new...

Business development team shakeup at Halifax Intermediaries and Scottish Widows

Halifax Intermediaries and Scottish Widows Bank have announced internal changes to strengthen their business...

Foundation Home Loans appoints regional sales manager

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Paul Flude as its new regional sales manager for...

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...

Latest news

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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