Mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby introduces lower BTL reference rate

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has introduced a new online buy-to-let calculator for...

Coventry for Intermediaries to pay product transfer proc fees

Coventry for Intermediaries will pay a proc fee of 0.30% for residential product transfers...

Housing market confidence at lowest level in five years

Halifax has reported that confidence in UK house prices has fallen to its lowest level...

Metro Bank reduces BTL and residential rates

Metro Bank has made changes to both its residential and buy-to-let product ranges. Rates for...

New fixed rates from Paragon

Paragon has added four two-year fixed Portfolio products to its buy-to-let range. Rates start...

TSB increases remortgage fixed rates

TSB has increased fixed rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on a number...

Mortgage costs continue to fall

The cost of mortgages has continued to fall with new data from Mortgage Brain...

The Skipton unveils three-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society is to launch a new range of intermediary-only three-year fixed...

Gross mortgage lending up 5% year-on-year

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending in September was £21.4 billion, 5%...

New 2-year deals from Atom bank

Digital Mortgages by Atom bank has reintroduced its two-year 60% and 75% LTV products. Details...

Belmont Green completes £231m securitisation

Belmont Green has completed a £231m UK mortgage-backed securitisation led by NatWest Markets and...

Lending and profits up at Metro Bank

Metro Bank has reported that during the third quarter of 2017 lending was up...

Rate rise ‘good for business’, say brokers

51% of brokers think an interest rate rise would increase business, according to research from...

GWlegal unveils remortgage cashback offer

GWlegal has relaunched a £250 cashback deal for remortgage – which it originally launched in...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Countrywide Surveying Services launches virtual valuation platform

Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has introduced a new virtual inspection system designed to speed...

PM Law Group collapse: essential information for buyers and sellers

Following the sudden collapse of PM Law Group, the Home Buying & Selling Council...

Conveyancing sector moves into gear following PM Law Group collapse

The abrupt closure of PM Law Group has left thousands of property transactions in...

Santander UK names new head of mortgage trading

Santander UK has appointed Ben Merritt as head of mortgage trading. Merritt (pictured) will report...

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