Mortgages

Masthaven makes a number of senior appointments

Masthaven Bank has announced the appointment of three new staff members across its mortgage...

High hopes and great confidence for the second half of the year

Without much fanfare we have crept into the second half of 2018 already –...

Paragon’s mortgage lending up 7%

Paragon has published its third quarter trading update. It shows a 7% increase in total...

Vernon Intermediaries now allows 40-year terms

Vernon Intermediaries has extended its maximum mortgage term to 40 years from 35, to take...

Improvement in first-time buyer product choice

The latest findings from the quarterly AmTrust Mortgage Loan to Value (LTV) Tracker show...

Number of first-time buyers outstrip house movers

The latest Lloyds Bank Homemover Review has revealed that the number of people moving...

Lenders commit to new Lendex gateway

Nine lenders have agreed to accept digital mortgage transactions via Lendex, Mortgage Brain’s digital...

Foundation Home Loans introduces new large loan offering

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new large loan product, facilitating larger buy-to-let loans...

Thistle sees large rise in landlords switching to incorporation

Thistle Finance has revealed a 30% rise in the number of landlords in the...

Legal & General Mortgage Club partners with nine lenders in H1

Legal & General Mortgage Club has revealed that during the first half of 2018, it...

Pepper Money makes pricing changes

Pepper Money has revised its pricing, cutting some rates by up to 0.55 percentage...

L&G to distribute the Marsden’s Family Step range

The Marsden Building Society has teamed up exclusively with Legal and General to offer...

New Paragon buy-to-let exclusives for 3mc

3mc has unveiled new exclusive buy-to-let products with Paragon Bank on the lender’s portfolio...

The Tipton & Coseley to accept AirBnB holiday let applications

The Tipton & Coseley Building Society will now accept applications for second homes and...

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NO FILTER: MAB’s relentless founder on risk, resilience and reinvention

Peter Brodnicki, co-founder and long-serving chief executive of Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), has spent 25 years building one of the UK’s most successful mortgage...

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...

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Mera backs £18m refurbishment of ultra-prime London penthouse

Mera Investment Management has completed an £18 million residential refurbishment facility for a one-of-a-kind...

Roma Finance partnership to guide contractors into property development

Roma Finance has become the official lending partner for Rise Up Development’s education programme,...

AFIG launches nationwide Broker Club for specialist finance brokers

AFIG Ltd has launched the Broker Club, a new initiative designed to reshape the...

Millions turn to borrowing and policy cancellations to manage financial shocks

New research shows millions of people have been forced to borrow or cut back...

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