Mortgages

CP 19/14: IMLA wants alternative arrangements for mortgage prisoners

In response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper on Responsible Lending (CP...

TML appoints regional underwriter

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed Katie Haley as a regional underwriter based at...

TMA Club unveils customer retention tool

TMA Club has introduced its Customer Retention KIT (Keeping in Touch), designed to support...

Accord improves choice within buy-to-let offering

Accord has reduced the rates on selected two, three and five year fixed rate...

H1 fall in costs of long-term mortgages

Mortgage Brain has reported that the majority of three and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages have...

Accord unveils 2.34% seven-year fix

Accord Mortgages has launched what it has hailed a "market-leading" seven-year fix and cut...

Leeds’ BTL changes include 16bps reduction

The Leeds Building Society has cut rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to...

NatWest to cut exclusive and core fixed rates

NatWest is making rate changes on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products and buy-to-let...

The Ipswich refreshes expat mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society's expat range is now available to applicants paid in foreign...

Paragon revamps buy-to-let proposition

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage range, offering lower interest rates, no up-front fees...

PRIMIS offers Knowledge Bank criteria searching to members

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has partnered with Knowledge Bank to provide its members access to...

Barclays introduces three new deals

Barclays has launched three new fixed rate deals. The bank said the new mortgages were...

Vida Homeloans appoints sales manager for north of England

Claire Ashkam has been appointed as Vida Homeloans' new sales manager - north, to...

MAB partners with Charles Cameron & Associates

Mortgage Advice Bureau and Charles Cameron & Associates have announced a new employee mortgage...

COMMENT

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Latest news

FCA bans debt management executive over dishonesty

The Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett from working in financial services...

Industry fantasy football league to raise funds for mental health charter

Mortgage and property finance professionals are being invited to join an industry-wide Fantasy Premier...

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by 15 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its 90% and 95% loan-to-value mortgage ranges in...

Tenant demand rises for first time in two years

Tenant demand increased in the second quarter of 2026, reversing two years of decline,...

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