Mortgages

Extent of interest-only mortgage crisis revealed

New research by Kensington Mortgages has revealed that by January 2024, approximately 250,000 Britons...

Object or lose whole of market advice role, brokers told

A mortgage broker wants all brokers to register their concerns about the potential for...

The Hinckley & Rugby ups LTI multiplier

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has increased its Loan to Income (LTI) multiplier...

The Buy to Let Business becomes Dynamo

The Buy to Let Business has rebranded as Dynamo. Ying Tan, founder and chief executive,...

The Mortgage Lender adds BTL remortgage product to offering 

The Mortgage Lender has introduced its first buy-to-let remortgage product. It comes with free standard legal...

Later life lending expansion “well timed”

New research from the Ipswich Building Society has found that one in 10 anticipate...

Q1 growth for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has published quarterly figures for the first three...

L&G Mortgage Club completes broker team line-up

Legal & General Mortgage Club has completed its broker team. Their combined experience covers later...

United Trust Bank appoints new BDM

United Trust Bank has appointed Owen Bentley as business development manager in its mortgages...

Just Mortgages becomes number one Openwork broker

Just Mortgages has become Openwork’s number one broker in the network across lending volumes,...

Landbay ups maximum loan term

Landbay is increasing its maximum loan term from 25 to 30 years. This change is...

First-time buyer growth continues

Latest data from UK Finance shows there were 24,880 new first-time buyer mortgages completed...

New Saffron RIO deal for L&G Mortgage Club

The Saffron Building Society has launched a Retirement Interest Only (RIO) Mortgage exclusively through...

The Principality joins Paradigm panel

The Principality Building Society has become the latest lender to join Paradigm Mortgage Services'...

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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