Mortgages

Northern regions are best for young buyers

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv found that first-time buyers and others with small...

Retirement investment most popular reason for buy-to-let

Latest research from Your Move has found that nearly half of all landlords in...

Castle Trust recruits new BDM for the north of England

Castle Trust has appointed Charissa Chang as a business development manager (BDM) for the...

Largemortgageloans.com partners with 360 Dot Net

Largemortgageloans.com has successfully deployed the full 360 Lifecycle software solution with FactFind, integrated sourcing,...

Magellan Homeloans moves into Help to Buy

Magellan Homeloans has announced its entry into the Help to Buy sector. The specialist lender...

Kent Reliance ups broker proc fee for product transfers

Kent Reliance, part of specialist mortgage provider and retail savings group OneSavings Bank plc,...

SVR mortgages more costly for landlords than at start of 2018

Landlords on standard variable buy-to-let rates are paying typically £27 more per month for...

AMI expresses concern over new FCA directory

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded to the FCA consultation on a...

TMA Club adds the Darlington to lender panel

TMA Club has announced the addition of the Darlington Building Society to its its...

Marsden Family Step mortgage now open to all brokers

The Marsden Building Society has made its previously exclusive product range available to the...

Brokers’ top searches in September revealed

The latest Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most searched...

AMI announces board elections timetable

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has announced details of its Board elections which...

Masthaven Bank to hold charity sleepout at the Oval

Colleagues at Masthaven Bank are supporting their chosen charity, the youth homelessness organisation Depaul...

Landbay joins up with Julian Harris Adviser Network

Landbay has partnered with the Julian Harris Adviser Network, providing mortgage brokers and their...

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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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