Mortgages

Buy to Let Club partners with Zephyr Homeloans

Buy to Let Club has added new buy-to-let lender, Zephyr Homeloans, to its distribution...

Revisit ‘mortgage prisoners’, advisers urged

Essex based mortgage brokerage CLS Money has told advisers that they should revisit all of their...

Vida Homeloans revamps product offering

Vida Homeloans has announced an overhaul of its product range, which it says is...

Phoebus reaches £50bn milestone in H2 2018

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) has increased its clients' lending and savings balances serviced on...

TSB offers cashback on remortgages

TSB is offering customers the option to receive £300 cashback as an alternative to...

Landlords looking to five-year rates

Mortgages for Business’ latest buy-to-let Index has reported that a growing number of landlords are...

Sainsbury’s Bank partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Mortgage Intelligence has become the latest mortgage partner for Sainsbury’s Bank. David Crooke, head of intermediary...

New 3.99% self-build deal from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society has launched a new lower rate, self-build mortgage at 3.99%. The...

L&G Mortgage Club sees 1,000 registrations for SmartrCriteria after seven days

Legal & General Mortgage Club has passed 1,000 broker registrations in the first week...

Barclays makes 95% LTV and BTL rate cuts

Barclays is making changes to selected products within its 95% LTV (including cashback) purchase...

TFC partners with Zephyr Homeloans

TFC Homeloans has adding new buy-to-let lender Zephyr Homeloans to its lender panel. Recently launched by...

Hanley Economic BS to push self-build throughout 2019

The Hanley Economic Building Society has begun a 2019 self-build campaign as it seeks...

The Teachers makes buy-to-let criteria changes

The Teachers Building Society has changed its buy-to-let criteria, including amendments to maximum age and...

Little movement in rates and costs of mortgages over past quarter

Mortgage Brain’s latest product data analysis has found that two, three and five year...

COMMENT

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested growth. But I think we need to have an honest...

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

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Target Group launches staff AI programme for regulated finance

Target Group has launched an AI Champion programme to encourage the responsible use of...

Employment history rises up brokers’ mortgage search agenda

Employment history became a more pressing concern for mortgage brokers in July as changing...

Half of homes taking longer to sell as regional divide widens

Homes in almost half of Great Britain’s local authority areas are taking longer to...

The uncomfortable truth about the later life lending market

The headlines around the latest Equity Release Council figures released this month all suggested...

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