Mortgages

83% of borrowers consult a broker when remortgaging

LMS has reported that remortgaging volumes reached an eight-year high in July. Although transaction levels...

Citizens Advice super-complaint includes mortgages and GI

Citizens Advice has submitted a super-complaint to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) calling...

Accord Mortgages introduces revised new build proposition

Accord Mortgages is rolling out a new approach to new-build lending to all brokers. The...

Hampshire Trust completes its largest specialist deal to date

Hampshire Trust Bank's (HTB) specialist mortgages division has provided a £15m loan to a...

Landlords expect portfolio values to soften as optimism remains subdued

Paragon’s latest PRS Trends research has found that the average market value of landlords’...

Your Expert Group launches Academy in anticipation of Scottish lending boom

The Scottish specialist lending market is set to double in size next year due...

New team members for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed two new staff members to its buy-to-let and residential teams. The...

Just Mortgages’ self-employed division on course to double in a year

Just Mortgages' self-employed division has increased by 73% since December 2017. It expects the division...

TMW cuts selected fixed and tracker rates

The Mortgage Works is cutting rates for selected two-year fixed and tracker mortgages by...

Mortgage Brain makes three new sales appointments

Mortgage Brain has expanded its sales team with three new appointments. Josh Christie, Kosta Kostadinov...

Kensington offers limited edition exclusives and 10-year fix

Kensington Mortgages has unveiled a new 10-year fixed product, as well introducing exclusive offers...

Remortgaging remained dominant in August

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending for the total market in August...

Two new BDMs for United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank has appointed two new business development managers (BDMs) to its mortgages...

MBE London supports Mortgage Sleep Out

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) will be supporting the Mortgage Sleep Out at the Barbican...
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COMMENT

Comment

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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Halifax extends Club Lloyds mortgage discounts to broker customers

Halifax Intermediaries is introducing discounted mortgage products for eligible Club Lloyds customers, giving brokers...
News

ModaMortgages adds eight buy-to-let products at 80% LTV

ModaMortgages has introduced eight additional buy-to-let products at 80% loan-to-value (LTV), extending its options...
House prices

House price growth slows for fourth consecutive month

Average UK house prices increased by just 0.9% in the year to August as...
Buy-to-let

Accord reduces buy-to-let mortgage rates by up to 69bps

Accord Mortgages is reducing selected buy-to-let fixed rates by up to 69 basis points...

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