Mortgages

The Leeds launches intermediary research panel

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new research panel called Intermediary TalkingPoint. The platform...

Four new Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor mortgages from Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced four exclusive mortgages for residential Joint...

Barclays makes mortgage rate cuts

Barclays has made changes to its residential and Reward product ranges. These changes include introducing new...

Business development team shakeup at Halifax Intermediaries and Scottish Widows

Halifax Intermediaries and Scottish Widows Bank have announced internal changes to strengthen their business...

Foundation Home Loans appoints regional sales manager

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Paul Flude as its new regional sales manager for...

Pepper Money hires new RDM pair

Pepper Money has appointed two new regional development managers (RDMs) to improve its sales...

Fluent Money Group appoints group sales director

Fluent Money Group has announced the appointment of Chris Meadows as group sales director. Previously...

SimplyBiz Group launches ‘Centres of Excellence’

The SimplyBiz Group has made changes to its compliance proposition with the launch of...

Make use of all the external resources in the market

We all pride ourselves on being experts in the mortgage market and the idea...

TSB ups loan-to-income cap

TSB is to increase its maximum loan-to-income multiple cap from 4.5 to 4.75 for...

PRIMIS to hold masterclasses on emerging markets

PRIMIS has unveiled its Emerging Markets Masterclasses, a new series of mortgage forums for...

L&G Mortgage Club offers FHL buy-to-let exclusive

Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched an exclusive portfolio product from Foundation Home...

UTB appoints mortgage operations manager

United Trust Bank has appointed Avison Warren as mortgage operations manager. The newly created role will...

New BDM for Masthaven Bank

Masthaven Bank has announced the appointment of Jez Quinn as business development manager for...

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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