Mortgages

Newcastle Intermediaries adds Help to Buy and BTL to self-employed offering

Newcastle intermediaries has extended its self employed product range to include both Help to...

Two new BDMs for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has announced the internal appointments of two new business development managers (BDMs)...

Kent Reliance unveils new residential prime and near prime deals

Kent Reliance is offering new residential prime and near prime products, with rates starting from...

Hanley Economic BS unveils self-build intermediary proposition

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a Self-Build Direct to Intermediaries proposition to...

Smartr365 partners with Halifax Intermediaries to speed up advice process

Smartr365 has integrated its platform with Halifax Intermediaries to streamlines the mortgage application process...

The Bucks reports 6% mortgage growth

The Buckinghamshire Building Society has posted its results for 2017 with mortgage growth of...

Accord Mortgages offers online product transfer service

Accord Mortgages has unveiled an online end-to-end product transfer process for existing customers. It has...

Mutual Vision partners with Mortgage Brain in Ireland

Mutual Vision Technology has partnered with Mortgage Brain for the development and distribution of...

Remortgage approvals up over 9%

UK Finance has estimated gross mortgage lending in February to have been £19bn, 4.9%...

Paragon introduces further advance BTL proc fee

Paragon is providing ing a procuration fee for intermediaries who submit further advance business...

Clever Lending to hold specialist finance forums

Clever Lending has launched three specialist finance forums including Robert Sinclair, chief executive of...

Accord cuts 28 mortgage rates

Accord has reduced the rate of its 10-year fix at 65% loan to value...

7-2 BoE vote to hold Bank Rate

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has voted by a margin of seven...

Barclays Mortgages improves income multiple criteria

Barclays Mortgages is increasing the maximum income multiples for people earning up to £50,000. The...

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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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