Mortgages

Virgin Money sale agreed

CYBG, the owner of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, has agreed to buy Virgin Money...

Change is inevitable for first time buyers

The mortgage/housing market can seem a particularly daunting one for anyone, regardless of their...

The Tipton & Cosley offering retirement interest-only mortgages

The Tipton & Cosley Building Society is claiming to be the first society to...

Coventry for Intermediaries changes affordability model

Coventry for Intermediaries has altered its affordability model to help more residential clients. It says...

New five-year BTL deals from Precise

Precise Mortgages has launched a new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let range with reduced rates and...

The Vernon unveils new buy-to-let range

Vernon Intermediaries has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages. The lender has launched mortgages...

Saffron For Intermediaries partners with Positive Lending

The Saffron Building Society has revealed a new distribution partnership with Positive Lending. The relationship...

Kensington improves buy-to-let proposition

Kensington Mortgages has cut buy-to-let rates by up to 0.45 percentage points, with rates...

Foundation Home Loans extends BTL borrowing limits

Foundation Home Loans has increased its borrowing limits and reduced rates across its buy-to-let...

Record month for Stonebridge Group

Stonebridge Group, the mortgage and insurance network, has announced its best ever month for mortgage...

Landbay makes northern appointment

Landbay has appointed Ian Hall as regional account manager for the North. Hall (pictured) joins...

FSE Wales seminar schedule revealed

The full seminar programme for Financial Services Expo (FSE) Wales has been published. FSE Wales will...

Hinckley & Rugby goes live on MortgageApply

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has become one of the first lenders to...

Strong growth in remortgaging in April

April saw new homeowner mortgages up 36% and buy-to-let remortgages up 32.4% compared to...

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...

Latest news

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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