Mortgages

Knowledge Bank becomes Brilliant Solutions’ exclusive criteria search partner

Brilliant Solutions has adopted Knowledge Bank as its exclusive criteria search provider. Brilliant Solutions' members...

YBS introduces overpayment calculator

23% of borrowers are in credit on their mortgage after making overpayments on their account,...

Foundation Home Loans agrees deal with Brilliant Mortgage club

Foundation Home Loans has embarked upon a new relationship with Brilliant Solutions’ mortgage club. Members...

FTB numbers rise despite pessimism about home ownership

Halifax has reported that 43% of Britons who currently rent or live at home...

TSB cuts five-year remortgage rate

TSB is making changes to its mortgage product range. The changes are as follows: Five-year...

Redesigned Fleet Mortgages website offering new features

Fleet Mortgages has launched a new website which includes a range of new features and...

Barclays cuts residential and Reward rates and simplifies switch and save

Barclays is making changes across its residential and Reward ranges, with new products launching...

Lendinvest appoints underwriting director and BDM

LendInvest has recruited a new director of mortgage underwriting and expanded its business development manager...

The Co-operative Bank renews Capita mortgage contract

Capita plc has announced that it has renewed its contract with The Co-operative Bank...

Together increases securitisation from £255m to £500m

Together Financial Services Limited has increased its revolving Lakeside Asset Backed Securitisation 1 Limited...

Virgin Money makes buy-to-let stress test changes

Virgin Money has announced changes to stress test rates when assessing affordability for buy-to-let...

The Mortgage Lender breaks £2bn in Q3

The Mortgage Lender has broken through the £2bn barrier for decisions in principle on...

Gatehouse Bank widens buy-to-let customer eligibility

Gatehouse Bank is making its range of buy-to-let products available to first-time buyers as...

Accord increases term limits

Accord Mortgages has changed its maximum term of 40 years and extended the age...

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...

Latest news

‘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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