Mortgages

The Dudley offers network exclusive

The Dudley Building Society is offering an exclusive two-year fixed rate mortgage specifically for Openwork members...

New 90% deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages is launching a range of new 90% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages and reducing...

Magellan launches direct-to-lender submission option

Magellan Homeloans is making its product range open to both appointed representatives and directly...

The Skipton cuts two and five-year rates

The Skipton Building Society has reduced its two and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages with rates...

11% year-on-year rise in house purchase borrowing

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that homeowners borrowed £12.2bn for house purchase...

5% fall in buy-to-let products available

The third quarter of 2016 saw the average number of buy-to-let mortgage products available...

Bank of Ireland UK offers retention proc fee

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is to offer a gross retention procuration fee of...

Atom Bank joins Connect panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Atom Bank to its mortgage lender panel. The specialist buy-to-let...

Together targets potential right-to-buy customers

Specialist lender Together is allocating over £100m of funds for lending to council and housing association...

The Teachers ups its maximum lending age

The Teachers Building Society has increased its maximum lending age at end of term...

Target Group appoints CCO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Jeremy Edwards as its chief client officer...

‘Smart’ FTBs locked into HTB mortgage guarantee scheme

Connells Survey and Valuation has found that first-time buyers are making the most of the Help...

deVere partners with Al Rayan to provide expat mortgages

deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer...

Widespread rate cuts unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made cuts across its residential, large loan and buy-to-let product ranges.  Key changes include the following: Two-year...

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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