Mortgages

Coventry for Intermediaries issues its lowest ever BTL fixed rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut rates across its two and five year fixed buy-to-let...

Landbay unveils landlord product for first time buyers

Landbay is extending its lending criteria to now include first time landlords who do...

Generation Z in the dark over home-owning

Research from Halifax has revealed a disjointed picture of home ownership among young people...

New cashback option from Accord

Accord Mortgages has cut rates and introduced an extra cashback boost on selected mortgages. The...

Paragon unveils new buy-to-let products

Paragon has introduced an extended range of Portfolio and Non-portfolio buy-to-let mortgage products. It has...

High LTV mortgage choice “remains patchy”

AmTrust's latest Mortgage LTV Tracker continues to show that, while the rate differential between...

Metro Bank cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Metro Bank has reduced rates across its five-year fixed residential and buy-to-let product ranges, as...

Knowledge Bank provides evidence of criteria research

Knowledge Bank has improved its ‘evidence of research’ facility to give brokers the tools...

Vida Homeloans added to PTFS panel

Vida Homeloans has been appointed to Personal Touch Financial Services’ lender panel to offer...

New intermediary-only deals from the Skipton

Skipton Intermediaries has unveiled a new range of intermediary-only fixed rate residential and buy-to-let...

Accord: landlords resilient in face of regulation

57% of Accord Mortgages' buy-to-let applications received in 2017 were from those affected by...

TMA adds Paragon Bank to lender panel

TMA Club has added Paragon Bank to its lender panel, offering members access to...

Criteria Hub introduces buy-to-let module

Criteria Hub has announced the rollout of its buy-to-let module, which will provide the same...

Newcastle Intermediaries revises FTB mortgage range

Newcastle Intermediaries has refreshed its range of mortgage products with a focus on first...

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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...

Brokers need more lender choice to meet real-life borrower needs

With more borrowers falling outside traditional lending criteria, brokers need a wider range of lenders than ever before to serve a growing range of...

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...

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Nearly half of lenders admit servicing teams are unprepared for rising borrower pressures

Lenders’ own servicing teams are not ready to support borrowers as economic conditions worsen,...

Just Mortgages appoints Joe Cavalier to lead estate agency division

Just Mortgages has expanded its estate agency division with the appointment of Joe Cavalier...

Majority of brokers critical of “turbulent” run-up to 2025 Budget, lender claims

The run-up to the 2025 Budget was described as “chaos” by most brokers surveyed...

Later life borrowing rises as older buyers turn to mortgages in greater numbers

UK Finance’s latest later life mortgage lending update for Q3 2025 suggests that borrowing...

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