Mortgages

New LendInvest buy-to-let rates from 2.99%

LendInvest has made a changes to its buy-to-let product range as valuations are permitted...

Accord relaunches 18 products following policy updates

Accord Mortgages has made a number of updates to its lending policies to help...

Virgin and Clydesdale to offer 90% LTV mortgages

Virgin Money and Clydesdale Bank will be launching a wider range of products supported...

West One resumes physical valuations and relaunches 70% BTL

West One Loans has updated its buy-to-let product range and is resuming physical valuations. The...

New fixed rate deals from Leek United

Leek United has launched two new fixed rate mortgage products. The new products include a...

The Ipswich restarts new purchase lending

The Ipswich Building Society has resumed lending for new purchases, including 90% LTV for...

OSB lenders increase LTVs to 75%

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has unveiled a new product range across its three lending brands...

Knowledge Bank joins forces with Tenet

Tenet Group has partnered with Knowledge Bank to provide both its network members and...

Platform to reintroduce buy-to-let and allow physical inspections

Platform has stated that its valuation partners are now able to carry out physical...

Mortgage enquiries down but remo applications up at Trussle

Online mortgage broker Trussle has revealed that mortgage enquiries fell by 37% from March...

Shawbrook appoints Midlands & South Wales regional development manager

Matthew Taylor has joined Shawbrook Bank as regional development manager. He is tasked with increasing support...

Foundation Home Loans unveils broker support hub

Foundation Home Loans has introduced an online ‘Broker Hub’, designed to provide advisers with additional...

Skipton International returns to buy-to-let remortgage market

Skipton International, the UK buy-to-let mortgage lender for overseas residents, has returned to the...

Shawbrook restarts physical valuations

Shawbrook Bank  has stated that physical valuations will recommence with immediate effect, following the...

COMMENT

Advisers should be brave enough to drown out the noise

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the...

Expat buy-to-let: a smaller world, a bigger picture

There has been no shortage of gloomy commentary about buy-to-let of late, so you might wonder why anyone living overseas would want to invest...

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...

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‘The Godfather’ joins Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

John ‘The Godfather’ Malone has been recruited as a judge for Mortgage’s Got Talent,...

Royal London introduces AI menopause support tool for staff

Royal London has launched an AI-powered tool designed to help employees and managers access...

Your First Home delays could stall first-time buyer market

Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to...

Foundation recruits former Metro Bank BDM to cover eastern region

Foundation has appointed Foz Ahmad as regional account manager for the East, bringing 12...

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