Mortgages

Remortgaging levels softened in March

There was a small increase in lending to first-time buyers in March compared to...

Hampshire Trust Bank extends BTL and HMO lending criteria

 Hampshire Trust Bank has altered the lending criteria on its buy-to-let and home in...

Melton BS exclusive for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General Mortgage Club has announced an exclusive shared ownership offering with Melton...

Atom Bank unveils first-time buyer range

Atom Bank is expanding its range of mortgages, launching new first-time buyer products and...

New BTL exclusive from Leek United Building Society

The Leek United Building Society has launched a two-year, buy-to-let fixed rate product available...

Secure Trust Bank strikes deal with Connect for Intermediaries

Secure Trust Bank has joined the panel of Connect for Intermediaries' mortgage network and...

Landbay partners with Legal and General Mortgage Club

Landbay has announced a new partnership with Legal and General Mortgage Club to provide...

Coventry for Intermediaries involves brokers in mortgage maturity process

Coventry for Intermediaries is letting brokers know when their clients are coming up to...

NatWest Intermediary Solutions reintegrates with RBS Intermediary Partners

RBS Intermediary Partners (RBSIP) has reintegrated with NatWest Intermediary Solutions (NWIS). It means NatWest branded...

NatWest increases number of residential rates

NatWest has made rate changes to its core and semi-exclusive ranges of residential and...

New fixed rate options from the Saffron

The Saffron Building Society is offering new mortgage products. This mutual says its mortgage options...

Accord: momentum growing in portfolio landlord market

Accord has reported that applications from landlords with four or more properties equalling a...

The Leeds unveils new two-year deals

The Leeds Building Society has added new two-year fixed rate mortgages to its range. New...

The Ipswich BS improves self-build criteria

The Ipswich Building Society has adapted its self-build lending criteria to accept modern methods...

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

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...

Modern auction house sales rise by 14.5%

House purchases through modern method auctions increased by 14.5% year on year as buyers...

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