Mortgages

New IRM at the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has announced the appointment of Jonathan Dunn to its team of intermediary...

TMA reveals Xmas mortgage market wish-list

TMA mortgage club has published its Christmas wish-list for the mortgage market in 2017. It has...

Most agents expect rent rises in 2017

80% of letting agents expect rent prices to increase next year, according to the...

TFC partners with The Buckinghamshire

TFC Homeloans has added Buckinghamshire Building Society to its lender panel. The arrangement means brokers...

New 95% LTV rates from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has today cut the interest rates on six 95%...

MPC expects inflation to hit 2% sooner than expected

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to maintain...

Hinckley & Rugby outlines new BTL stress test policy

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has revealed its new lending policy for buy-to-let mortgages. The...

CML revises 2017 lending forecasts downwards

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published new housing market forecasts. Its lending forecasts for 2017 have been...

Client retention key priority for most brokers

Legal & General has found that 90% of brokers believe that client retention is a...

Clever Lending partners with Kensington 

Clever Lending is to distribute Kensington Mortgages range of specialist and buy-to-let mortgages.  The partnership will see Clever Lending...

New deals from Magellan Homeloans

Magellan Homeloans has launched two new product ranges and cut its fixed rates pricing.  The changes,...

Intermediary sentiment improving

Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisors Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index report has found an improvement...

Barclays simplifies BTL affordability assessment

Barclays has become the latest lender to respond to the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) new...

8% fall in homeowner loans

  The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that homeowners borrowed £10.5bn for house purchase...
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COMMENT

Cover

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...

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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 buyers

First-time buyer solo females outpace couples

More women are planning to step onto the property ladder alone rather than with...
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Melton targets foreign national borrowers with new five-year fixes

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

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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