Mortgages

BTL mortgage rates continuing to fall

Research from online mortgage broker Property Master shows a number of popular buy-to-let fixed...

Complete FS bolsters residential and buy-to-let teams

Specialist packager Complete FS has appointed new staff members to its residential and buy-to-let...

25% of FTBs refused a mortgage when first applied

89% of prospective first time buyers think it is difficult to get on the...

Shawbrook streamlines short-term offering

Shawbrook has announced a revamp of its short-term lending range. The bank has consolidated the...

First time buyers benefit from May mortgage boost

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor has reported that there was a sharp increase in mortgage...

Kensington launches Options range for customers with a ‘blip’

Kensington Mortgages has introduced its new residential Options mortgage range, alongside a wider pricing...

The Leeds offers new two-year BTL deals

The Leeds Building Society has added new two year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages to...

Kent Reliance launches income backed buy-to-let

Kent Reliance has launched a new income backed buy-to-let proposition. The lender, which is part...

Pepper Money improves contractor mortgage criteria

Pepper Money has introduced day rate calculations to assess affordability for contractors. For contractors who...

Magellan Homeloans unveils fee free option for fixes

Magellan Homeloans has today launched a 'fees free' option on its two and three-year...

Interim Report: reasons to be fearful

The whole industry, myself included, has now had some further time to digest the...

The Skipton offers new cashback deals

The Skipton Building Society has revamped its core residential mortgage range and introduced new...

FTBs could be underestimating the importance of a broker

The Yorkshire Building Society Group’s latest First-Time Buyers Report has found that 28% of...

TML partners with Legal & General Mortgage Club

The Mortgage Lender and Legal & General Mortgage Club are joining forces to distribute...
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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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