Mortgages

Tesco Bank cuts selection of fixed rates

Tesco Bank has cut the rates on a number of its two and five-year fixed rate mortgages. New...

Accord expands offset offering

Accord Mortgages has added five new options to its offset range. The new offsets are available...

SimplyBiz Mortgages adds Fluent to seconds panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has chosen Fluent for Advisers as part of its ancillary panel of...

Together raises maximum mortgage ceiling

Together has increased its maximum personal mortgage loan amount to £1m. It is available for purchase,...

InterBay simplifies pricing and cuts rates

InterBay Commercial is to simplify its mortgage range for buy-to-let business and houses of multiple occupation...

New two-year fixes from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched two new products for individual landlords.  Brokers can now access both two-year fixes,...

New director for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed Damian Cain to its board. It will have overall responsibility for broker...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

The Marsden partners with Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new relationship with the Marsden Building Society. The mutual’s...

CML: 2016 highest gross lending total since 2008

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £20.4...

Strong 12 months for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revealed that in its second full year of lending it lent over...

2017 ‘year of the underwriter’

Borro believes 2017 will see larger lenders of all types step back from a reliance...

Atom Bank extends mortgage offering

Atom Bank has added 80% LTV and 85% LTV rates to its mortgage range. The two LTV bands...

‘Best ever’ BTL deals from Barclays

Barclays has launching what it claims to be its best ever range of fixed rates...

COMMENT

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

Latest news

Santander lowers higher LTV rates for FTBs with 95% 5-year fix at 4.72%

Santander will cut rates by up to 0.32% across its 85%-95% LTV first-time buyer...

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...

Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

Melton Building Society is launching a dedicated foreign nationals mortgage range, aimed at borrowers...

North West leads HMO market share as yields edge below 10%

The North West has the highest proportion of HMOs in the UK at 17.9%,...

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