Mortgages

Legal & General Mortgage Club reveals Spring conference details

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to hold its Spring Conference on Wednesday 14 March....

Landbay sees lending volumes double in six months

Landbay has revealed that it has lent a total of £100 million to buy-to-let...

New 95% LTV deals from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries has revamped its range of 95% LTV mortgages, with rate cuts on...

Newcastle Intermediaries cuts all buy-to-let rates

Newcastle Intermediaries has reduced all its buy-to-let rates by up to 0.10 percentage points. The...

New buy-to-let offering from Masthaven

Masthaven has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage range, which will initially be available exclusively...

Brokers spending two hours per week checking criteria

Criteria Hub has asked over 1,000 advisers asking how much time they spent per...

Vida Homeloans makes criteria changes

Vida Homeloans has introduced a new maximum LTV of 90% for first time buyers, 100%...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division continues to grow

Just Mortgages has reported that its self-employed division has increased six-fold in less than...

Longer-term mortgages more popular than two-year deals

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking Index report has found that the preference for longer-term...

InterBay Commercial joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added InterBay Commercial to its mortgage lender panel. Paradigm member firms...

Paul Flowers banned by FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Paul Flowers, the former chair of Co-operative Bank,...

Hanley Economic BS unveils Help to Buy remortgage deal

The Hanley Economic Building Society has launched a two-year discounted remortgage product for Help...

TMA unveils anti-money laundering checks

TMA Club has launched SmartSearch to improve its electronic identification checks (EID). DAs can...

Gig economy could still face financial exclusion

Equifinance has argued that the ‘gig economy’ - highlighted in the Taylor Review -...

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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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