Mortgages

PMS and Sesame offer two Help to Buy Kensington exclusives

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched two new Help to Buy exclusives...

Mortgage Broker Tools launches affordability insight newsletter

Mortgage Broker Tools is publishing a free weekly newsletter to keep brokers and lenders...

Surge in remortgage applications expected

Over £26 billion of mortgages will mature in October, according to analysis by the...

The Mansfield launches remortgages up to £1m

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a remortgage product for loans up to £1...

Kensington appointments support growth plans

Kensington Mortgages has announced new members to its national account team, field sales team...

First-time buyer confidence remains high

UK Finance's Mortgage Trends Update for May 2019 has revealed that there were 30,720 new...

When one lender isn’t enough

Where do you turn when your client wants to refinance a large portfolio? Sometimes,...

Investec Private Bank joins Sesame panel

Sesame network members now have access to a solution for their wealthy clients with...

L&G’s ClubHub update includes SmartrCriteria trial

Legal & General Mortgage Club has made changes to ClubHub, enabling advisers to see...

Platform makes widespread fixed rate reductions

Platform has reduced interest rates across a range of mortgage products, with some mortgages...

The Saffron joins SimplyBiz Mortgages panel

The Saffron Building Society has joined the SimplyBiz Mortgages lender panel. The move means that SimplyBiz...

Leek United revises key lending policy criteria  

Leek United has made improvements to important aspects of its lending policy. It will now...

Together expands London and the South teams

Together has widened its distribution network with two new hires. Marylen Edwards is its new...

Belmont Green Finance closes £500m securitisation

Belmont Green Finance has closed a successful £500 million UK mortgage-backed securitisation. The transaction is...

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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