Mortgages

Belmont Green Finance completes second securitisation

Belmont Green has completed a £308m UK mortgage-backed securitisation led by NatWest Markets and...

Halifax Intermediaries unveils £1k cashback offer

Halifax Intermediaries has launched a £1,000 cashback offer #100for first-time buyers and home movers.  The...

Criteria Hub sees evidence of increasing older life mortgage activity

Criteria Hub has published the top threesearches made by criteria broker users in residential...

Handling the twist and turns of the market

Deciphering the current state of the UK mortgage market could take the equivalent of...

First-time buyers forum to be held in the North East

Skipton Intermediaries will be presenting at a First Time Buyers Forum at the North...

SMG unveils Lenderlink Referrals

Specialist Mortgage Group (SMG) has added a new feature to Lenderlink, its specialist loan sourcing...

TMW doubles remortgage offer validity period

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is extending the period of time a remortgage offer is...

Openwork recruits 160 mortgage advisers in Q1

Openwork added 160 mortgage advisers to its membership in the first quarter of 2018. This...

House purchase approvals down 21% year-on-year

UK Finance has revealed that gross mortgage lending in March is estimated to have...

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network expands lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced that the Post Office's mortgage range,...

InterBay partners with Intrinsic

InterBay Commercial has launched a new network partnership with Intrinsic Financial Services as part of...

Fewer lenders offer support to portfolio landlords

Paragon has reported that PRA rules introduced at the end of September 2017 are...

New deals unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made a number of changes across its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges. Main...

Foundation Home Loans hires regional account manager for West & South Wales

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Sarah Hopkins as regional account manager for the West...

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AUTUMN BUDGET: Further damage to buy-to-let investors

Yesterday’s Budget represented yet another decisive step in the dismantling of the traditional buy-to-let sector. The Government has chosen to tighten the tax screw on...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Much ado about nothing… Thank goodness

The Keystone Cops were out in force yesterday in the Commons, as exemplified by the OBR’s involuntarily (we suppose) leaking of the Budget before...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Still ducking the housing question

The Chancellor set out to fix an economy that is not working well enough for working people, talking about high bills, squeezed living standards...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes… NOT

After the delay of the Budget to 26 November and all the leaks, there was an expectation of significant change. However, it appears to be...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Affordability remains the key to activity

After all the speculation, this Budget offered little for the housing market. No stamp duty reform, no meaningful support for first-time buyers and a new...

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OBR forecasts stamp duty burden to almost double by early 2030s

Stamp duty receipts on homes bought in England and Northern Ireland are projected to...

VAS launches Christmas charity drive to support Teesside families

Middlesbrough-based valuation panel VAS has launched its 2025 Christmas Charity Campaign, continuing a now-established...

Misconceptions blamed for low income protection take-up among UK workers

Shepherds Friendly has warned that misconceptions about income protection may be a central reason...

GB Bank bolsters leadership as bridging push gathers pace

GB Bank has strengthened its senior ranks with a trio of internal promotions as...

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