Mortgages

The Mortgage Lender appoints roving underwriter

The Mortgage Lender has appointed its first onsite underwriter, based at TFC Homeloans and...

Mark Graves joins HL Partnership and Mortgage Support Network

Mark Graves has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) of mortgage and protection...

The Marsden Building Society issues Family Step guide

The Marsden Building Society have published an intermediary overview of its Family Step mortgage...

Bluestone Mortgages moves into Scottish market 

Bluestone Mortgages has announced its launch in Scotland. The specialist lender is introducing its full...

Landbay teams up with TMA Club

Landbay has agreed a new partnership with TMA Club, providing brokers and their landlord...

Kensington launches new ‘Brighter Mortgages’

Kensington Mortgages has introduced a new range, called ‘Brighter Mortgages’, for both young professionals...

The Hanley Economic BS moves into RIO mortgage market

The Hanley Economic Building Society has unveiled a range of retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgages. The...

FIBA provides overseas mortgage advice facility to members

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has added overseas property and finance specialist, Simon...

Brokers increasingly focussing on maximum LTVs

Knowledge Bank has revealed that maximum loan to value was in the top five of...

New chief executive at the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has welcomed its new chief executive, Colin Fyfe,...

Atom Bank launches portfolio buy-to-let pilot

Digital Mortgages by Atom Bank has entered the buy-to-let mortgage market with an exclusive...

Paragon offers mortgages for expat landlords and holiday lets

Paragon has expanded its buy-to-let mortgage range to include mortgages for expat landlords with...

Together joins Mortgage Intelligence panel

Mortgage Intelligence is making Together’s range of buy-to-let and first charge residential products available...

Pepper Money hires new national account manager

Pepper Money has recruited Phil Quinn to the new position of national account manager. Quinn...

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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