Mortgages

The Vernon unveils retention proc fees

The Vernon Building Society has introduced retention proc fees along with its new range...

TMA to hold 2019 DA ‘new starter’ induction course

TMA Club has announced this year’s dates for its three-day Directly Authorised (DA) Induction...

Platform cuts 95% LTV rates

Platform is cutting interest rates on its 95% LTV mortgage range by up to 0.15...

Mortgage volumes up 9.7% at the Marsden

The Marsden Building Society has reported record performance in 2018, with it increasing the...

NatWest cuts residential and BTL rates

NatWest has made rate cuts on selected core and semi-exclusive residential and buy-to-let products. These...

New Right to Buy deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched new two year fixed rate Right to Buy...

The Mansfield increases RIO maximum LTV

The Mansfield Building Society has raised the maximum LTV available to borrowers aged over...

Accord presents its 30,000th ‘welcome box’

Accord Mortgages has presented its 30,000th welcome box - the complimentary hamper sent on...

PMS and Sesame seek to expand new build adviser support

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network are aiming to boost their support for advisers...

London Money rebrands to The Money Group

London Money Group Holdings, the parent company of brands including Manchester Money and London...

Regulator moves to help mortgage prisoners

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed changes to how lenders assess whether or...

Significant warehouse credit line increase for Kensington

Kensington Mortgages' existing warehouse facility has added an additional 30% of funding capacity. This will allow...

Brexit “has taken one million homes off the market”

33% of homeowners, who’ve moved house since 2016, say their decision was due to...

High net worth individuals losing confidence in high street banks

High net worth (HNW) individuals are struggling to secure credit from high street banks,...

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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