Mortgages

TMA Mortgage Club offers Furness BS exclusive

TMA Mortgage Club (TMA) members and appointed representatives of the First Complete and Pink...

Shrinking supply pushes up rents

Your Move has reported that average rents increased in most areas of England and...

Mortgage approvals rise 6.7% year-on-year

E.surv's latest Mortgage Monitor has concluded that the mortgage market grew again during July. A...

New 1.19% two-year fix from YBS

The Yorkshire Building Society has unveiled a new two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.19%. It comes...

Magellan Homeloans appoints regional sales manager

Magellan Homeloans has appointed Nigel Robbins as regional sales manager with responsibility for the...

Precise outlines portfolio landlord strategy

Precise Mortgages has announced its approach to portfolio landlords ahead of the implementation of...

Santander makes high LTV mortgage changes

Santander has cut the rates on its fixed two and five year, high loan...

IMLA sees improving picture for first-time buyers

88% of mortgage applications made via intermediaries resulted in offers during the second quarter...

New Help to Buy products from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has revamped its Help to Buy equity (HTB1) range and...

Platform cuts two and five-year fixes

Platform has reduced select two and five year fixed rate mortgage interest rates, for...

New deals for landlords from Accord

Accord Buy To Let has aunched a choice of new mortgages for landlords with...

Pepper UK ‘delighted’ by new S&P ratings

Pepper (UK) Limited has been assigned an ‘above average’ ranking by Standard & Poor’s,...

New remortgage deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has introduced three remortgage options with a £495 fee. The new offerings include...

Positive Lending appoints regional account manager

Positive Lending has announced the appointment of David Coleman as the new regional account...

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...

Latest news

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...

Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

Pivotal has reported a 121% year-on-year increase in second charge lending through its Believe...

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...

Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

Providence Equity Partners has agreed to acquire Hometrack, the residential property valuation and risk...

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