Mortgages

Rebrand for The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has launched a new brand promoting 'lifestyle lending.' Its new...

CYBG improves offer for Virgin Money

CYGB, the owner of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, has made a revised proposal...

Halifax extends £1k cashback offer

Halifax is extending its £1,000 cashback to remortgage customers who complete on a qualifying...

Precise offers semi-exclusive BTL mortgage

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed that it has access to a semi-exclusive buy-to-let product...

Hampshire Trust Bank unveils new LTVs, rates and loan sizes

Hampshire Trust Bank has increased the loan-to-value (LTV) ratio and reduced the rates on...

LendInvest reveals buy-to-let legal panel

LendInvest has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors on its first official...

West Brom reports increased lending to first time buyers

The West Brom Building Society reported further growth in residential mortgage lending and pre-tax...

New deals from Newcastle Intermediaries

Newcastle Intermediaries is reducing rates on a number of its residential mortgages by up...

New max 90% LTV Help to Buy remortgage from Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has increased the maximum loan to value (LTV) from 80...

New 50% LTV buy-to-let deals from TMW

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is launching a range of new 50% loan to value (LTV)...

The Melton joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added the Melton Building Society, and its subsidiary, MBS Lending,...

Fewer landlords remortgaging for portfolio expansion

The proportion of landlords remortgaging is coming close to record levels, according to Paragon's...

UK’s first fully digital mortgage settlement hailed

Shieldpay and My Home Move’s law firm subsidiary, Premier Property Lawyers, with the support...

Thomson departs as TML expands sales team

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has appointed three more business development managers (BDMs) and created...

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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