Mortgages

81% of total Help to Buy equity loans to first-time buyers

Latest MHCLG Help to Buy statistics show that oer the period since the launch...

TMA to offer mortgage broker software through Intelliflo

TMA Club has entered into an agreement with Intelliflo, a supplier of business management...

Number of over-65 homeowners has risen 52% in last 20 years

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has concluded that homeowners...

Brightstar to hold new webinar series

Brightstar Financial has unveiled its largest ever webinar programme, with nine specialist lending events...

Accord appoints corporate account manager

Accord Mortgages has added its corporate account team with the appointment of Helen Cawthra. Cawthra...

Precise Mortgages expands offering to landlords

Precise Mortgages is launching into the holiday buy-to-let market and improving criteria for its...

L&C’s Mortgage Finder attracts wide user age range

Mortgage broker L&C has seen over £2.6bn worth of mortgage applications through its online tool since...

New 10-year fix unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made changes to its product range. It has introduced two new two-year fixed...

Intermediaries expect landlord business to stabilise

65% of mortgage intermediaries expect the level of landlord business to stabilise over the...

Year-on-year declines in first-time buyer and homemover activity

UK Finance has reported that there were 34,900 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

Virgin Money renews Hometrack partnership for AVMs

Virgin Money has renewed its licence with Hometrack, securing delivery of Automated Valuation Model...

Vida offers brokers chance to help their local community

Vida Homeloans is marking the launch of its Helping Hand mortgage, the first Joint...

Plans to move home fall 25% following Bank Rate rise

The proportion of British adults planning a house move in the next six months...

First time buyers ‘sacrificing health, relationships and careers’

Aldermore's latest First Time Buyer Index research has found that first time homeowners are feeling increasingly...

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Past 6 to 7: the story behind our new lending limits

6,7, the viral ‘slang’ term accompanied by a two-handed palm up gesture being used by kids to mean so-so, maybe this-maybe that, or just...

Council Tax revaluation plan risks unsettling market

Revaluing properties in the top three council tax bands could prove costly and disruptive. The proposal highlights how backbench politics is driving this week’s...

A changing landlord market that still offers solid long-term value

Landlords have faced a tough set of challenges over the past decade. Higher taxes, the loss of full mortgage interest relief, rising mortgage costs...

AMI Protection Viewpoint 2025: Turning challenges into opportunities

Delivering better outcomes and protecting more customers is all in a day’s work for protection advisers. But in today’s fast-paced, constantly evolving environment, navigating...

Private credit poses challenges and opportunities for UK CROs

The global financial crash of 2008 revealed the dangers of financial contagion. What began as a collapse in the United States sub-prime mortgage market...

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Gareth Lewis on leading MT Finance through a changing landscape

Gareth Lewis has spent the past seven years at MT Finance, guiding the specialist...

The Newcastle trims rates for newly self-employed borrowers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has overhauled its self-employed proposition, cutting rates by up to 0.30%...

The Furness broadens proposition with new holiday let and high LTV options

Furness Building Society has updated its holiday let range and introduced new products at...

LendInvest partners with BidX1 to improve finance options for auction buyers

LendInvest Mortgages has formed a new partnership with digital auction platform BidX1, aiming to...

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