Mortgages

The Marsden offers RIO mortgages

The Marsden Building Society has become the latest lender to move into the Retirement Interest...

Precise’s parent sees 27% increase in loan book

Charter Court Financial Services, the group which includes specialist lender Precise Mortgages, has reported...

Pepper Money simplifies adverse product offering

Pepper Money has simplified its criteria for borrowers with adverse credit. Simplified product tiers, which...

Sainsbury’s Bank partners with PRIMIS and PTFS

PRIMIS Mortgage Network and Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) have become the latest mortgage...

Virgin Money improves buy-to-let criteria

Virgin Money has increased both the maximum age and maximum LTV available for its...

Cast aside any landlord misconceptions

There seems to be a misconception in the buy-to-let space at present that no...

Coventry for Intermediaries expands offset offering

Coventry for Intermediaries has introduced new products to its offset range, including its lowest...

The Teachers appoints non-executive director

The Teachers Building Society has announced the appointment of Malcolm Himsworth onto its board...

The Marsden unveils new expat BTL and Family Occupation products

The Marsden Building Society has refreshed its product portfolios and introduced two new expat...

Free valuations offer from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions' customers are now eligible for free home valuations. They may also be...

Homeowner arrears and repossessions stay at historically low levels

UK Finance’ has reveals that in the third quarter of 2018 there were 77,600...

TBMC expands buy-to-let bridging panel

TBMC has expanded its buy-to-let bridging panel to offer an increased number of lending...

Aldermore cuts five-year buy-to-let remortgage rates

Aldermore has reduced the rates on its buy-to-let five-year fixed remortgage products for individual...

Accord makes residential fixed rate changes

Accord has cut certain fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.29 percentage points across...

COMMENT

The two-year fix isn’t advice. It’s a diary entry

5.98%. That was the average two-year fix on 5 October, according to Moneyfacts, the highest since mid-December 2023. The average five-year fix: 6.00%. On those...

Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a house deposit, with a 25% government bonus on eligible savings...

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...

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Alternative strategies for buying in high-growth property areas

For first-time buyers a Lifetime ISA can be a useful way to build a...

Employers struggle to engage staff with financial wellbeing support

Only 12% of employees have used financial wellbeing support provided by their employer, despite...

Defaqto extends Matrix 360 to protection and wealth providers

Defaqto has broadened its Matrix 360 market intelligence platform to cover wealth management and...

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...

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