Mortgages

Average mortgage fee highest in five years

Latest research from Moneyfacts.co.uk has revealed that average mortgage fees are rising, increasing by...

Computershare appointed Paragon’s substitute administrator

Computershare Loan Services has been appointed substitute administrator by Paragon Bank. The UK’s largest third-party...

AMI concerned by FCA’s FOS extension

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) says it is "deeply concerned" over the Financial...

New national account manager for Foundation Home Loans

Foundation Home Loans has appointed Paula Priest as national account manager. Priest joins from...

Coutts’ mortgages to be available to intermediaries

Coutts has joined up with mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain to make its products...

TMW cuts Limited Company mortgage rates

The Mortgage Works is tomorrow (19 October) reducing rates for selected Limited Company and 80%...

Kensington Mortgages extends residential & buy-to-let offer

Kensington Mortgages has announced an extension to its limited time offer across its residential...

Landbay adopts Oracle NetSuite technology

Buy-to-let mortgage lender Landbay has chosen Oracle NetSuite to attract more users to its...

Accord cuts documentation requirements for buy-to-let

Accord Buy To Let will no longer request personal bank statements or proof of...

The Mortgage Lender unveils new residential range

The Mortgage Lender has revamped its residential product range with higher LTVs, more targeted...

Pepper Money cuts two-year fixed rates

Pepper Money has cut the price on seven of its two-year fixed rate residential...

Complete FS expands onsite underwriting capability

Complete FS has announced that Magellan Homeloans and Vida Homeloans are joining its growing...

The Skipton expands mortgage offering for Lifetime ISA customers

The Skipton Building Society has widened the range of mortgage products available exclusively to...

Magellan Homeloans moves into Scotland

Magellan Homeloans has launched its range of residential mortgages to all brokers operating in...

COMMENT

Are we actually set up to support first-time buyers?

After a summer spent thinking it over, this time of year is often the point where first time buyers decide whether they're going to...

Leasehold reform has a September window – will Burnham use it?

At the time of writing, the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill still has no published First Reading date.  But is it imminent? Andy Burnham entered...

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

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Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

Restoring Help to Buy would strengthen developers’ sales without solving the underlying affordability crisis...

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

More than a third of UK employees remain financially fragile despite being in work,...

Nationwide cuts fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15%

Nationwide Building Society is reducing selected fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.15 percentage...

L&G appoints Kerrigan to drive Ignite broker rollout

Legal & General has appointed Craig Kerrigan as broker relationship manager for its Ignite...

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