Mortgages

Bank of Mum & Dad to lend nearly £6bn in 2018

Legal & General and Cebr has reported that the Bank of Mum and Dad...

Aldermore adds 90% deals to remortgage range

ALDERMORE EXTENDS REMORTGAGE RANGE TO INCLUDE 90% LTV PRODUCTS  Aldermore has unveiled a new range...

The Swansea partners with Twenty7Tec

The Swansea Building Society has joined up with Twenty7Tec to offer its range of...

Connect adopts OMS platform

Connect has chosen One Mortgage System (OMS), which offers mortgage brokers a single processing platform...

PRIMIS partners with SmartSearch

PRIMIS Mortgage Network has teamed up with SmartSearch to help its brokers conduct anti-money...

Gross mortgage lending up 13.3% year-on-year

UK Finance has said gross mortgage lending in April is estimated to have been...

Virgin Money unveils its first seven and 10-year fixes

Virgin Money has launched a range of seven and 10-year fixed rate residential mortgages. The...

Lowest fixed rate ‘security premium’ since credit crisis

New analysis of official data by mortgage broker Private Finance has found that the...

Brokers question effectiveness of free legal services

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has surveyed its membership to ascertain how intermediaries...

‘Double cashback’ offer from Leek United

Leek United is doubling the cashback incentive on one of its latest new mortgages. The...

Paragon’s new mortgage lending up 23%

Paragon has reported that its total mortgage lending increased by 23% to £721 million...

New intermediary exclusives from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has introduced a new range of intermediary-only exclusive products for...

Brokers haven’t changed their views on Brexit

While there is still plenty of uncertainty surrounding the terms of Brexit, there has...

Secure Trust Bank improves self-employed criteria

Secure Trust Bank Mortgages will now consider net profit as part of its affordability...

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

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...

Iress UK lifts underlying earnings as costs fall

Iress UK increased underlying adjusted earnings by 43% in the first half of 2026...

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