Mortgages

Skipton reports record levels of FTB support

Skipton Group, encompassing Skipton Building Society and Connells Group, has reported its financial results...

West One offers fast-track legal service free for remortgages

Specialist lender, West One Loans, has made its fast-track legal service available free of...

Loughborough BS extends 5.5x income to 95% LTV

Loughborough Building Society has increased the loan to value (LTV) on its 5.5x income...

Virgin Money cuts purchase and PT rates

Virgin Money has announced a series of rate reductions across its purchase and product...

Stonebridge sets completions record

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has revealed that its advisers arranged a record £13.5bn...

Enra completes £320m securitisation

Enra Specialist Finance, the parent company of West One Loans, has successfully completed its...

Barclays cuts rates for existing customers

Barclays is making changes to its EMC (existing mortgage customer) products. All the changes are...

Nationwide reduces FTB and homemover rates

Nationwide Building Society has announced reductions in selected mortgage rates by up to 0.33...

Atom Bank cuts near prime mortgage rates

Atom Bank has announced rate reductions across its near prime residential mortgage range. The lender...

Gen H cuts rates to support buyers with small deposits

Gen H has announced a series of rate adjustments following the latest Monetary Policy...

It takes women four times as long to save the required deposit for a home

It takes single women 11 years and nine months to save the expected deposit...

Stonebridge announces line-up for 2025 National Conference

Mortgage and protection network Stonebridge has revealed the line-up for its 2025 National Conference,...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates across purchase and BTL ranges

Virgin Money will introduce a series of mortgage rate reductions on Tuesday 18 February,...

TOM BILL: Just where are mortgage rates heading?

Guessing the future trajectory of UK mortgage rates has become trickier since 6 February....

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

FCA warns consumers over ineffective credit builder products

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that many credit builder products fail to...

Affordability pressures deepen in Wales and North East as rental divergence widens

Regional divergence within the UK’s private rented sector has become more pronounced, with new...

Santander lowers mortgage pricing and unveils new large loan options

Santander is set to cut its residential fixed mortgage rates by up to 0.14...

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