Mortgages

Most affordable London boroughs for new graduates revealed

Landbasy has reported that graduates moving to London for their first job after university...

Vida Homeloans launches north of the border

Vida Homeloans' range of specialist products are now available to those purchasing or remortgaging...

Accord unveils tax guide for landlord clients

Accord Buy to Let has produced a guide as part of its free Growth...

Masthaven residential mortgages added to PMS and Sesame panels

PMS Mortgage Club and Sesame Network, part of SBG, have added specialist lender Masthaven’s...

Millennials trading lower retirement income for home ownership dream

New research from Prudential has found that millennials are chasing the home ownership dream...

Complete FS remortgages £21.6m buy-to-let portfolio

Complete FS has announced the completion of its biggest buy-to-let case, with the remortgage...

Front Events’ chairman Malone to step down

Front Events, the events company behind the Financial Services Expo (FSE) shows, has announced that...

TMA to offer mortgage criteria search system through Knowledge Bank

TMA Club has agreed a deal with Knowledge Bank, making it the first mortgage...

The Vernon joins BuildLoan lender panel and offers two self-build exclusives

The Vernon Building Society has launched two exclusive self-build mortgages with BuildLoan. The North West...

Homes Under the Hammer star to present at MBE London

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) will feature a presentation by the Homes Under the Hammer...

Landbay revamps website and criteria

Landbay has revised its product criteria for professional landlords. Maximum loan size will increase from...

IRESS software to power new Accord platform

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has selected IRESS to deliver a new online mortgage...

Secure Trust Bank offers The Unordinary Mortgage Game

Secure Trust Bank is challenging brokers to play The Unordinary Mortgage Game at London...

M&S Bank expands intermediary distribution

M&S Bank has appointed both Intrinsic and Stonebridge to its network of mortgage intermediary...

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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