Mortgages

Criteria Hub hits initial 50-lender target

Criteria Hub, a self-styled 'deep search' criteria engine for mortgage advisers, clubs and networks,...

Capital raising interest from portfolio landlords

Portfolio and professional landlords are increasingly looking to capital raise via remortgaging in order...

Precise to offer income supported BTL

Precise Mortgages is to launch Income Supported Buy to Let on 5 December, allowing...

Mortgage approvals remain level

The latest Mortgage Monitor from chartered surveyor e.surv has reported that the number of...

Proportion of first-time buyer sales falls again

NAEA Propertymark (National Association of Estate Agents) has reported that the proportion of sales...

The Stafford Railway appoints BDM for the north

The Stafford Railway Building Society has expanded its intermediary mortgage team with the appointment of...

New portfolio landlord product search tool unveiled

Mortgages for Business has issued an update to its online Buy to Let Mortgage...

Foundation Home Loans ups portfolio limits to £3m

Foundation Home Loans has increased the maximum total borrowing limits on its buy-to-let range...

Accord offers interest only options

Accord Mortgages has introduced interest only repayment options to its residential mortgage range. The lender...

PMS partners with the Holmesdale

PMS Mortgage Club has added Holmesdale Building Society to its lender panel. The move means...

Platform adjusts interest cover ratio requirements

Platform will now assess all buy-to-let mortgage applications made by lower rate tax payers...

Paragon unveils temporary fee removal offer

Paragon is scrapping valuation and application fees on all its buy-to-let Portfolio products for...

Newcastle Intermediaries refreshes mortgage range

Newcastle Intermediaries has revamped its entire mortgage range. It has introduced a new two-year 80%...

Free legals for FTBs from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries has introduced a range of 95% loan to value (LTV) products with...

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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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