Mortgages

Five new intermediary exclusives from the Skipton

Skipton Intermediaries has launched five new intermediary only products including a two-year tracker free...

Barclays changes Green Home Mortgage rates

Barclays has made changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward range products. It has also...

LendInvest added to two sourcing systems

LendInvest has partnered with mortgage sourcing partners Twenty7Tec and IRESS’s TriGold system. Both of these...

Bluestone Mortgages introduces interest-only BTLs

Bluestone Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let mortgage range and has introduced an interest-only...

Rate differential between 75% and 95% LTV products grows

Average mortgage interest rates have been continuing to fall this year, but the mortgage...

Fluent Money Group launches first charge lending services business

Fluent Money Group has launched Fluent Mortgages Ltd to provide specialist first charge lending...

PMS and Sesame team up with Post Office for Intermediaries

PMS and Sesame have become the first new mortgage club and network to add...

TMW revises maximum age criteria for lower LTV BTL applications

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is removing its age limit at application for experienced landlords...

The Ipswich revises self-build discount mortgage deal

The Ipswich Building Society has launched a new self-build two-year discount mortgage product, with...

Accord Mortgages unveil new discount range

Accord has introduced seven new two-year discounted standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages. The new range...

New five-year fixes from Leek United

Leek United is offering two new five-year fixed rate deals. A five-year fixed rate...

L&G unveils Optional Payment Lifetime Mortgage

Legal & General has launched a new product designed to help the growing number of...

Investec simplifies mortgage proposition

Investec Private Banking has simplified its residential owner-occupier and buy-to-let mortgage ranges, and made...

The Melton and MBS Lending join SimplyBiz Mortgages’ panel

The Melton Building Society and its subsidiary MBS Lending have joined SimplyBiz Mortgages’ lender...

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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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