Mortgages

Ryan Brailsford promoted to head of sales at Pepper Money

Pepper Money has appointed Ryan Brailsford as head of sales. Last month, Pepper Money introduced...

15% of parents remortgage to support their children

MoneySuperMarket has revealed that that one in six parents who remortgage their property use the opportunity...

The Hanley Economic beats its Scottish targets

The Hanley Economic Building Society has surpassed its six-month application and advances target in...

Five-year fix ‘finds a sweet spot’ in the market

Paragon’s latest Financial Adviser Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index has revealed that 49% of all...

Interest-only resolution for lenders and customers launches

Asset management specialists Spicerhaart Corporate Sales have teamed up with fact-finding firm Excel and...

Foundation Home Loans to hold BTL breakfast clubs

Foundation Home Loans is to hold a series of buy-to-let breakfast club events around...

NatWest to make widespread rate reductions

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

TRM to use Mortgage Brain for criteria sourcing

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network (TRM) has selected Mortgage Brain as its preferred...

How might the regulator have got it so wrong?

The industry has had a little over a month to digest the contents of...

Planned outage for BM Solutions

BM Solutions has advised brokers that it will be undertaking "essential maintenance" on its...

Barclays adds new deal and cuts BTL rates

Barclays is making a series of changes across its buy-to-let Core and Reward ranges,...

The Marsden unveils Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor range

The Marsden Building Society has expanded its existing range of lending solutions for first-time...

Costs of higher LTV deals on the rise

Mortgage Brain’s latest product data analysis shows the cost of most high LTV (80%...

The Saffron expands buy-to-let offering

The Saffron Building Society’ has added a Limited Company buy-to-let mortgage to its range. Recent tax...

COMMENT

Buy-to-let and the next generation of landlords

There has been plenty of discussion recently about the future of buy-to-let, whether landlords can continue to make their investments work, and what the...

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...

Latest news

Expat buy-to-let rates rise sharply for lower-LTV borrowers

British expatriate landlords with larger deposits are facing higher mortgage rates than borrowers with...

Commonhold reform faces practical challenges over finance and building management

The introduction of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold will require significant preparation across...

Family BS reduces fixed mortgage pricing for landlords and homeowners

Family Building Society has cut rates across its two-year fixed mortgage range by up...

Sprive records ninefold rise in shoppers as mortgage cashback spending reaches £185m

Mortgage cashback app Sprive has reported a sharp increase in customer activity, with shoppers...

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