Mortgages

BoE: December rise in approvals

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage borrowing increased to £4.6 billion...

Pepper’s European servicing arm acquired by Link Group

Link Group has agreed to acquire Pepper European Servicing (PES) from Pepper Group for...

NatWest cuts selected rates by 15bps

NatWest has made rate reductions on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products. Reductions of up...

Foundation Home Loans unveils fee-assisted remortgage-only products

Foundation Home Loans has launched a series of fee-assisted, remortgage-only two and five-year fixed...

Paymentshield publishes two adverse weather customer guides

Paymentshield has added two new customer facing resources to its online Marketing Toolkit. The new...

Kensington completes £650m securitisation

Kensington Mortgages has priced its latest securitisation transaction sized at £650 million. This brings its...

The Beverley BS re-enters fixed rate mortgage market

The Beverley Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate mortgage, in a bid...

MBE Leeds Expo opens for registration

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) Leeds is now open for brokers, IFAs and financial intermediaries...

New residential range from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has launched a revised residential mortgage range with reductions of...

Just Mortgages expands onsite new build offering

Just Mortgages' specialist new build division is set to reach 23 brokers by the...

Consumers remain cautious over interest rates

LMS has reported that 52% of borrowers expect interest rates to rise within the...

‘Downpayment Doggy’ ad not offensive, ASA rules

A complaint made against a magazine advert for mortgage broker Habito has not been...

The Ipswich BS expands distribution

The Ipswich Building Society has been added to Brilliant Solutions Mortgage Club’s lending panel. ...

The Mansfield moves into limited company buy-to-let

The Mansfield Building Society has launched its limited company buy-to-let proposition, which includes product options...

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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