Mortgages

69% of BTL landlords choose to fix for five years

The second quarter of the year saw 93% of landlords financing buy-to-let property choose...

Openwork becomes M&S mortgage distributor

M&S Bank is expanding its mortgage network with the appointment of Openwork. This follows its...

David Robinson joins Shawbrook

David Robinson is to join Shawbrook Bank as its sales and distribution director for residential...

£35m H1 growth in mortgage balances for the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society achieved £92m of new mortgage lending in the...

Kensington Mortgages updates buy-to-let offering

Kensington Mortgages has upgraded its buy-to-let proposition. The latest changes will include loans of up to...

Strong June for remortgage lending

UK Finance has estimated that gross mortgage lending for the total market in June...

New BDM for Home Counties and the South for Secure Trust Bank

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages has hired Bradley Street as its new business development manager...

Vida cuts five-year fixed buy-to-let rates

Vida Homeloans has reduced several five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products by up to 0.75 percentage...

Coventry for Intermediaries changes BDM support model

Changes from Coventry for intermediaries: every broker will have two BDMs Coventry for Intermediaries has...

DAs to access UTB products via SimplyBiz Mortgages

United Trust Bank (UTB) is now offering its range of second charge loans and...

Sainsbury’s Bank adds Sesame to broker panel

Sesame has become the latest broker partner for Sainsbury's Bank. The bank provides a range...

The Teachers BS appoints BDM for London & the South East

The Teachers Building Society has appointed Ralph Punter to a newly created role of...

Report shows shift to low cost high yield buy-to-let properties

A special report commissioned by The Mortgage Lender to mark the launch of its...

Paula Purdy leaves Shawbrook

Paula Purdy, head of sales at Shawbrook Bank, is to leave the lender after...
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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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