Mortgages

Tax advice could cause next mis-selling scandal

Mortgage intermediaries have been warned to stay clear of buy-to-let tax advice to avoid...

FCA comparison tool criticised by trade bodies

The intention by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to deliver a broker assessment/comparison tool...

Self-build sale at the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled its ‘Autumn Sale’ on self-build. A self-build mortgage has...

Retention set to be dominant mortgage channel

Brokers attending today's FSE London have heard that product transfers and retention business is...

Protection could suffer with rising mortgage activity

An industry panel at today's FSE London have argued that protection sales and penetration...

Kensington becomes £1bn a year lender

Kensington Mortgages has lent over £1 billion over a rolling 12-month period. It surpassed this...

Strongest July in over a decade for remortgaging

UK Finance has revealed that there were 46,900 new homeowner remortgages completed in July, some...

Magellan Homeloans appoints new regional team

Magellan Homeloans has created a new team of regional account managers (RAMs). The RAMs will...

Foundation Home Loans unveils remortage incentive package

Foundation Home Loans has launched a buy-to-let five-year remortgage special, an incentive package aimed...

Belmont Green in £500m securitisation

Belmont Green, Vida Homeloans' parent company, has priced a £500 million UK mortgage-backed securitisation. The transaction...

Newcastle Intermediaries unveils large loan option with no early repayment charge

Newcastle Intermediaries has now introduced a variable rate large loan product which comes with...

Kensington product revamp includes new 95% LTV deal

Kensington Mortgages has announced a number of changes to its mortgage offering in both...

Keystone relaunches buy-to-let offering

Keystone Property Finance has announced its relaunch as a specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender. David Whittaker...

The Hinckley & Rugby cuts 95% LTV rates

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the rate on three of its...
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COMMENT

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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Help to Buy

Revived Help to Buy would inflate prices: Lamdin

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

One in three workers financially fragile despite being employed

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

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...
Appointments

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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