Mortgages

CP 19/14: IMLA wants alternative arrangements for mortgage prisoners

In response to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper on Responsible Lending (CP...

TML appoints regional underwriter

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed Katie Haley as a regional underwriter based at...

TMA Club unveils customer retention tool

TMA Club has introduced its Customer Retention KIT (Keeping in Touch), designed to support...

Accord improves choice within buy-to-let offering

Accord has reduced the rates on selected two, three and five year fixed rate...

H1 fall in costs of long-term mortgages

Mortgage Brain has reported that the majority of three and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages have...

Accord unveils 2.34% seven-year fix

Accord Mortgages has launched what it has hailed a "market-leading" seven-year fix and cut...

Leeds’ BTL changes include 16bps reduction

The Leeds Building Society has cut rates on selected buy-to-let mortgages by up to...

NatWest to cut exclusive and core fixed rates

NatWest is making rate changes on selected core and semi-exclusive residential products and buy-to-let...

The Ipswich refreshes expat mortgage range

The Ipswich Building Society's expat range is now available to applicants paid in foreign...

Paragon revamps buy-to-let proposition

Paragon has updated its buy-to-let mortgage range, offering lower interest rates, no up-front fees...

PRIMIS offers Knowledge Bank criteria searching to members

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has partnered with Knowledge Bank to provide its members access to...

Barclays introduces three new deals

Barclays has launched three new fixed rate deals. The bank said the new mortgages were...

Vida Homeloans appoints sales manager for north of England

Claire Ashkam has been appointed as Vida Homeloans' new sales manager - north, to...

MAB partners with Charles Cameron & Associates

Mortgage Advice Bureau and Charles Cameron & Associates have announced a new employee mortgage...

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

Coventry raises interest-only mortgage LTV limit to 75%

Coventry for intermediaries has widened access to interest-only mortgages by increasing its maximum loan-to-value...

Cornerstone backs Sheffield FC following expansion into city

Cornerstone Finance Group has agreed a sponsorship deal with Sheffield FC for the 2026-27...

Landbay strengthens northern broker support with Daniel Bell appointment

Landbay has appointed Daniel Bell as business development manager for North Yorkshire, the North...

Fleet Mortgages adds one-year buy-to-let fixes and cuts HMO rate by30bps

Fleet Mortgages has introduced a range of one-year fixed-rate buy-to-let mortgages for landlords seeking...

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