Mortgages

Hinckley & Rugby expands bespoke mortgage availability

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has allowed more professions to access its bespoke...

Landbay joins The Right Mortgage & Protection Network panel

Landbay is now available on The Right Mortgage & Protection Networks panel, providing brokers...

Newcastle Intermediaries revamps product transfer offering

Newcastle Intermediaries has announced a refresh of its product transfer range, exclusive to existing...

OSB’s loan book increases by 23%

OneSavings Bank has published its preliminary results for 2018.  Underlying profit before tax increased 15%...

PMS and Sesame unveil exclusive FHL buy-to-let fix

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network have launched an exclusive new buy-to-let mortgage for...

Magellan Homeloans closes to new business

Magellan Homeloans has taken the decision to close for new business. The lender said it...

The Mortgage Lender joins Mortgage Intelligence panel

Mortgage Intelligence and Next Intelligence have added The Mortgage Lender to their panel. The appointment...

First-time buyer completions at three-year high

First-time buyers saw their completion rate for mortgage offers via intermediaries reach a three-year...

The Ipswich revamps shared ownership offering

The Ipswich Building Society has shaken up its shared ownership mortgage range. It has made...

Robo advice ‘good for broker market’

A mortgage broker has claimed that 'robo advice' and new technology provide brokers with more...

Adverse credit completions up 90% at Pepper Money

Pepper Money has revealed that it increased the number of completions that included adverse...

The Mortgage Lender simplifies portfolio buy-to-let underwriting

The Mortgage Lender has joined up with eTech to simplify portfolio buy-to-let underwriting for...

The Leeds cuts selected buy-to-let fixed rates

The Leeds Building Society has reduced rates on selected two and five year buy-to-let...

Connect for Intermediaries unveils its first academy

Connect for Intermediaries is holding its first academy for trainee mortgage brokers this week. It...

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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