Mortgages

Pair of new fixes from Leek United

Leek United has announced the launch of two new fixed rate deals. A two-year 75%...

Clever Lending says forums show increasing need for specialist finance

Clever Lending has reported rising demand from brokers for ways to capitalise on lending...

Application record for Accord last month

Accord has reported a record-breaking month, receiving its highest-ever value of mortgage applications in...

TML opens up buy-to-let let offering to whole market

buy-to-let mortgages for all – The Mortgage Lender has made its buy-to-let products available to...

Five-year fixed rate demand up 11 percentage points from March

Conveyancing service provider LMS has reported that demand for five-year fixed rate remortgages has...

Kensington Mortgages unveils football Fantasy Cup competition

Kensington Mortgages has announced the launch of a Fantasy Cup competition for the World...

FHL increases HMO loan size

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has made changes to its dedicated HMO offering. The maximum...

Precise to be main sponsor for Complete FS Silver Jubilee Expo

Complete FS has revealed that Precise Mortgages will be the main sponsor for its...

The Teachers adds two new 95% LTV deals

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new 95% LTV mortgages, aimed exclusively at...

Openwork adds Post Office for Intermediaries to panel

Openwork has expanded its mortgage lender panel with the addition of Post Office for Intermediaries. Launched in...

TMA to hold DA ‘BiteSize Workshops’

TMA Club has opened registration for its Directly Authorised (DA) BiteSize Workshops. Aimed to simplify...

Newcastle Intermediaries’ large loans available to Paradigm members

Paradigm Mortgage Services has secured access to Newcastle Intermediaries’ large loans proposition for mortgages...

The Skipton moves into shared ownership market

The Skipton Building Society is entering the shared ownership mortgage market with an intermediary...

Masthaven improves its long-term lending offering

Masthaven has made changes to its long-term lending product range with the launch of...

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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