Mortgages

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales improves interest-only proposition

Spicerhaart Corporate Sales, which offers an asset management service for lenders including repossessions, part-...

David Robinson to leave Accord Mortgages

David Robinson, Accord Mortgages' national intermediary sales manager, is leaving the business later this...

Barclays makes rate changes

Barclays has made a number of changes across its Residential and Reward ranges. The following...

The Leeds unveils 2.32% no fee BTL mortgage

The Leeds Building Society has introduced a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage as part of a...

Yorkshire the top location for small deposit borrowers

E.surv has reported that the stable performance of the UK mortgage market during May...

The Mansfield’s range now includes holiday lets

The Mansfield Building Society has launched a new holiday buy-to-let product, allowing loans up...

We need greater rate certainty for all

When Mark Carney became Governor of the Bank of England five years ago in...

The Ipswich unveils new 75% LTV deals

The Ipswich Building Society has launched two new residential products at 75% loan to...

Magellan Homeloans hires regional sales manager for North West

Magellan Homeloans has announced the appointment of a new regional sales manager, Dean Linklater,...

It pays more to work on specialist cases

Research commissioned by Pepper Money as found that brokers earn more money per hour...

The Skipton moves into 95% LTV market

The Skipton Building Society is now offering 95% mortgages. It believes the launch could provide...

Metro Bank ups rate switching procuration fee

Metro Bank has increased its rate switching procuration fee by 50%. From today, brokers will...

Knowledge Bank offers API to third parties

Knowledge Bank has launched its application programming interface (API). The API will allow lenders, networks,...

LendInvest and Onfido partner to expedite buy-to-let ID checks

LendInvest and identity verification provider Onfido have announced a partnership designed to streamline LendInvest’s...

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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