Mortgages

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So, welcome to 2019. I hope you enjoyed the Christmas break and managed to...

Prepare for the unexpected

So, here we are. 2019. A new year stretches before us and ordinarily we...

Connect for Intermediaries begins packaging for Zephyr and Fleet

Connect for Intermediaries has become one of the first distributors to package for Zephyr,...

Mortgage borrowing “remains steady”

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in November...

Kensington Mortgages unveils new 75% LTV rates

Kensington Mortgages has launched new special rates across its 75% loan to value (LTV)...

TSB doubles shared ownership cashback

TSB is increasing its cashback offer to £500 from £250 across its shared ownership...

84% of specialist intermediaries feel confident about business in 2019

Despite the backdrop of economic uncertainty currently facing the UK, intermediaries within the specialist...

Computershare Loan Services launches buy-to-let lender

Computershare Loan Services has launched Zephyr Homeloans following a pilot. It is a dedicated buy-to-let...

Pepper Money promotes Clare Jarvis to key intermediary post

Pepper Money has promoted Clare Jarvis to the position of head of intermediary distribution. Jarvis...

Skipton to offer automated additional borrowing

From the end of January 2019, Skipton Intermediaries is to introduce additional borrowing through...

Changes at UK Finance board

UK Finance has announced the appointment of Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance, and Mark...

Demand for three-year fixes on the rise

The Leeds Building Society has claimed that Brexit uncertainty may be behind the fact...

L&G Mortgage Club members get Penrith product access

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced that the Penrith Building Society has joined...

The Family BS joins TBMC panel

TBMC has been added to the Family Building Society specialist packager panel. It offers a...
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COMMENT

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...

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Marshall and Cooke join Mortgage’s Got Talent judging panel

Mortgage’s Got Talent has added two more industry names to its judging panel, with...
Appointments

Jane Benjamin to lead Crystal’s specialist finance network and club

Crystal Specialist Finance has appointed Jane Benjamin as managing director of its Network and...
Appointments

LendInvest recruits Matt Taylor to lead mortgage sales

LendInvest Mortgages has appointed Matt Taylor as sales director, with responsibility for its intermediary...
First-time buyers

Income limits could exclude many London buyers from proposed deposit scheme

More than 22% of first-time buyer mortgage applicants in London and Greater London could...

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