Mortgages

New NED for HL Partnership

Mortgage and protection network, HL Partnership, has appointed Mike Hughes as non-executive director (NED). Hughes...

Lending up at the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reported growth in lending during its first quarter. Gross mortgage lending...

The Northview Group completes £250m securitisation

The Northview Group has successfully completed its eighth securitisation since 2015. The £250 million deal,...

The Buy to Let Business joins up with Foundation Home Loans for API launch

Foundation Home Loans has partnered with distributor, The Buy to Let Business (TBTLB), to...

Metro Bank cuts five-year fixed product fee

Metro Bank has added a new reduced product fee to its residential five-year fixed...

Pepper Money unveils zero completion fee limited edition

Pepper Money has launched a residential and buy-to-let zero completion fee limited edition for...

TSB joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added TSB to its lender panel. The lender is the 14th...

Second charge criteria searches changed completely in July

Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search criteria by brokers during the month of...

UK Finance: arrears and possessions at an all-time historic low

UK Finance has reported that there were 76,740 homeowner mortgages in arrears of 2.5%...

Santander announces variable rate rises

Santander has reviewed its variable rates on its saving and mortgage products for existing...

First-time buyer uncertainty over stamp duty changes

31% of first-time buyers don’t know if the stamp duty abolition will benefit them...

LendInvest launches exclusive with Buy to Let Club

LendInvest has introduced an exclusive five-year fixed rate product for intermediaries through Buy to...

Saffron For Intermediaries revamps expat buy-to let range

The Saffron Building Society has unveiled a refreshed range of expat mortgages for landlords...

Sainsbury’s Bank increases mortgage rates

Sainsbury's Bank has made changes to its mortgage range. Changes are are as follows: Two-year fixed...
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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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