Mortgages

Record lending for Together in November

Together achieved record lending in November, with the highest-ever monthly total in its 43-year...

MTE passes 2m transaction mark

Mortgage Trading Exchange (MTE) has revealed that it has processed over two million mortgage...

Knowledge Bank sees lender boost

The number of lenders with criteria on Knowledge Bank has increased to over 100...

The Leeds extends retention proc fee offering

Following a pilot with Connells and LSL, the Leeds Building Society will now pay...

TotallyMoney offers mortgage report and score functionality

Credit broker TotallyMoney has added the Burrow Mortgage Report and Score to its online...

Own mortgage knowledge improves with age

A new survey has revealed changing attitudes to mortgage rates. The poll of over 2000...

Accord Mortgages expands sales and underwriting teams

Accord Mortgages has expanded its team of field-based business development managers (BDMs) with four...

Buy-to-let mortgage rates on the rise

Latest research from moneyfacts.co.uk shows that since the base rate announcement on 2 November,...

Barclays unveils mobile branch services for armed forces

Barclays is launching a mobile branch at Colchester Garrison, one of the UK’s largest...

LSL Group offers exclusive five-year buy-to-let fix

LSL Group is offering two, five-year fixed rate exclusive buy-to-let products with the Leeds...

New head of sales for Kent Reliance

OneSavings Bank has announced the appointment of Simon Cockerill as head of sales for...

Skipton appoints IRM for East Central region

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Emma Hill to the team...

Record numbers for Mortgage Vision events

The 2017 series of Mortgage Vision events, organised and hosted by Mortgage Brain, saw...

The Buy to Let Business expands management team

Paul Elliott is to join the Buy to Let Business' management team in December. He...

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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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HSBC UK passes £500m milestone in broker-led SME lending

HSBC UK has more than doubled its broker-originated SME lending this year, passing the...

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...

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