Mortgages

New look for the Vernon

The Vernon Building Society has rebranded, with a new look across all channels. The lender...

Bluestone Mortgages partners with PRIMIS Mortgage Network

Bluestone Mortgages has joined PRIMIS Mortgage Network’s lender panel. The partnership will give advisers...

Accord widens buy-to-let age criteria

Accord Mortgages is broadening its age criteria, to support to new landlords and those who want...

The Saffron unveils joint borrower sole proprietor mortgage

The Saffron Building Society is offering first-time buyers a new joint borrower sole proprietor...

Leek United unveils pair of new fixed rate mortgages

The Leek United has launched new two-year and five-year fixed rate mortgages. The new five-year...

New five-year BTL deal from Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has launched a new five-year buy-to-let product, aimed at those landlord clients...

Clydesdale Bank makes new service commitment

Clydesdale Bank Intermediaries has published a new service commitment to see customers receive an...

The Dudley launches specialist buy-to-let product

The Dudley Building Society (DBS) has launched a buy-to-let product aimed at a particular niche...

The Harpenden diversifies with new fixed rate deal

The Harpenden Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate residential mortgage. The mutual says...

Brokers continue to be key for first-time buyers

81% of first-time buyers say they had a good experience with their broker, and...

Moody’s upgrades three Fleet Mortgages’ origination notes

Fleet Mortgages has revealed that the ratings of three of its loan origination notes...

Strong first year in new build and Help to Buy for Accord

Since launching its new build and Help to Buy proposition in September 2018, Accord...

The Mortgage Lender expands sales team

The Mortgage Lender has grown its sales team from 21 to 26. David Eaves has...

BoE reports weakening in house purchase mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has reported that net mortgage borrowing by households weakened to...

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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