Mortgages

The Leeds up maximum BTL LTV to 80%

The Leeds Building Society is increasing its maximum loan to value (LTV) on buy-to-let...

Laura Sneddon joins Masthaven

Laura Sneddon has been appointed as national account manager for Masthaven Bank's mortgage division. She...

Fleet Mortgages secures new funding line

Fleet Mortgages has agreed a new funding partnership with asset manager, One William Street...

The Skipton unveils 95% LTV shared ownership deals

The Skipton Building Society has launched 95% LTV shared ownership products. The launch follows government changes to...

The Mansfield enters Scotland market

The Mansfield Building Society has expanded its lending north of the boarder, launching its...

Keystone products to follow BBR instead of Libor

Keystone Property Finance has launched a new range of buy-to-let products. It has cut reduced...

TMA Club partners with Together

TMA Club has added specialist lender, Together, to its lender panel. TMA members now...

Large majority of landlords remain committed to buy-to-let

The Mortgage Lender has published a report which reveals that 84% of landlords say...

Landbay revamps product offering

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has cut its standard five-year fixed rate, which now starts at...

Bluestone raises £210m through first securitisation

Bluestone Mortgages has completed its inaugural residential mortgage backed securitisation, Genesis 2019-1. The transaction raised...

L&G Mortgage Club Autumn Conference moves to larger London venue

Legal & General Mortgage Club’s 2019 Autumn Conference has now moved to a larger...

Just Mortgages appoints trio of sales directors

Just Mortgages has appointed three new divisional sales directors. Peter Kendall, Mike Peet and Tony...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts standard & portfolio landlord BTL mortgages

Coventry for Intermediaries has reduced fixed rates across its standard buy-to-let and portfolio landlord...

Claire Jarvis to leave Pepper Money

Pepper Money has revealed that Clare Jarvis will be leaving the lender later in...

COMMENT

Growth can hide a lot – until it stops

Since getting involved with Rotherham United Women I've realised football and business have quite a lot in common. One thing in particular: growth can hide...

Nobody wants your ‘market update’

You sent the same email on Monday that everyone else sent. Moneyfacts had just put the average five-year fix at 6%, the first time in...

The industry needs to support Shared Ownership

This week, I want to put the spotlight on Shared Ownership. It deserves to be treated as a genuinely viable route onto the ladder,...

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...

Latest news

Majority of first-time buyers now face higher mortgage payments than rent

More than half of first-time buyers moving from rented accommodation into homeownership are taking...

Foundation gains workplace accreditation after 93% staff approval

Specialist lender Foundation has secured Great Place To Work certification after 93% of its...

‘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...

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