Mortgages

RBS settles US lawsuits for $1.1bn

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has reached a final settlement with the National...

MAB to establish Australian joint venture

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is to expand into the Australian market. In a statement to...

New self-employed deals from the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society has launched three new products aimed at supporting the recently...

Skipton International reaches expat BTL milestone

Skipton International has passed £100 million of lending to British expats around the world,...

The Dudley passes on swap rate reductions

The Dudley Building Society has announced another reduction to fixed rate residential mortgages for...

The Mortgage Lender partners with Pink & First Complete

The Pink and First Complete networks have added The Mortgage Lender to their panels. The Mortgage...

New Street Mortgages joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has further expanded its lender panel further with the addition of intermediary...

Society of Mortgage Professionals to hold BTL roadshows

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has revealed plans to deliver a CPD event programme dedicated...

Fall in number of people buying houses on their own

The number of homes bought by ‘single’ purchasers has fallen by an average of...

BBA: mortgage lending still rising

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that gross mortgage borrowing in August totalled...

Dragonfly unveils BTL deal with deferment option

Dragonfly Property Finance has launched a two-year buy-to-let product at 6.99% p.a. Borrowers can choose...

Full launch for New Street Mortgages

New Street Mortgages products are now available to all mortgage distributors. The lender, which is part...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts BTL rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut rates across its range of buy-to-let fixed rate mortgages. New deals include...

LMS: strong outlook for remortgaging

11% of homeowners who remortgaged to reduce their monthly repayments in August made monthly...

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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