Mortgages

Gross mortgage lending up 1.2% year-on-year

UK Finance has reported that gross mortgage lending in December 2017 is estimated to...

The Monmouthshire celebrates 149th birthday

The Monmouthshire Building Society is celebrating its 149th anniversary in January. Founded by Newport...

TSB cuts two & five-year fixed rate mortgages

TSB has reduced selected two-year and five-year fixed rates by up to 0.20 percentage...

Stephen Johnson leaves Shawbrook

Stephen Johnson has relinquished his roles as Deputy CEO, executive director of the Shawbrook...

The Skipton makes cuts to buy-to-let rates

The Skipton Building Society has reduced rates by up to 0.49 percentage points across...

2017 saw HMOs provide highest buy-to-let yields

Mortgages for Business' latest Complex Buy-to-let Index has revealed that HMOs produced average yields of 8.9%...

24% rise in mortgage product availability

Mortgage Brain has reported that an additional 2,007 mortgage products were introduced into the...

Accord revamps buy-to-let offering

Accord has unveiled 17 new buy-to-let deals as well as reduced rates by up...

Landbay added to Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the addition of Landbay to its mortgage club panel. Paradigm...

PRA changes have made it tougher for portfolio landlords

70% of portfolio landlords have found it harder to secure a mortgage since the...

Complete FS partners with AToM in One Mortgage System

Complete FS has become the second packager, after AToM, to go live with One...

BM Solutions offers remortgage cashback and new fixed rates

BM Solutions is increasing its cashback offer from £250 to £500 on selected remortgage...

Simplybiz adds Landbay to panel

Landbay Partners has joined SimplyBiz Mortgages’ lender panel. All SimplyBiz Mortgages' members now have to...

The Tipton and Coseley unveils new five-year deal

The Tipton and Coseley Building Society has launched a five-year fixed rate mortgage product....
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

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Buy-to-let

Landlords exploit softer market with lowball offers

More than half of buy-to-let investor offers were at least 10% below the original...
House prices

Asking prices suffer biggest August fall since 2018

The average asking price of a newly listed home fell by 2% in August,...
Business

Instamo launches automated post-submission mortgage tool

Instamo has launched FastAdmin, a post-submission automation service designed to reduce the administrative work...
Property Transactions

HMLR and OS data tie-up targets faster property transactions

HM Land Registry (HMLR) and Ordnance Survey (OS) have agreed a three-year collaboration intended...

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