Mortgages

New two-year fixes from Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has launched two new products for individual landlords.  Brokers can now access both two-year fixes,...

New director for Complete FS

Complete FS has appointed Damian Cain to its board. It will have overall responsibility for broker...

Connect for Intermediaries launches residential permissions

Connect for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage network proposition to now include residential permissions. The...

The Marsden partners with Equity Release Club

Equity Release Club has announced a new relationship with the Marsden Building Society. The mutual’s...

CML: 2016 highest gross lending total since 2008

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £20.4...

Strong 12 months for Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has revealed that in its second full year of lending it lent over...

2017 ‘year of the underwriter’

Borro believes 2017 will see larger lenders of all types step back from a reliance...

Atom Bank extends mortgage offering

Atom Bank has added 80% LTV and 85% LTV rates to its mortgage range. The two LTV bands...

‘Best ever’ BTL deals from Barclays

Barclays has launching what it claims to be its best ever range of fixed rates...

Accord adds new 65% LTV buy-to-let options

Accord Buy To Let has reduced rates on selected lower loan-to-value (LTVs) mortgages and...

TML introduces fee-assisted remortgage deal

The Mortgage Lender has unveiled its first fee-assisted remortgage. It believes the move could save those that...

New Street cuts buy-to-let rates

New Street Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range. It includes 1.59% at 65% LTV...

Aldermore appoints CIO

Aldermore has announced the appointment of Rebecca Bunyan as its chief information officer (CIO). She...

Commercial Trust partners with Vida Homeloans

Buy-to-let and commercial finance broker Commercial Trust now has access to Vida Homeloans' products. The lender's range...

COMMENT

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge on Sunday and will finish on Friday this...

A BBR decision rooted in caution, not complacency

The Bank of England MPC’s decision to hold Bank Base Rate (BBR) will come as a welcome outcome for many across the mortgage market,...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 10

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge yesterday and will finish on Friday this week....

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 9

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) is hosting its third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge from 10-15 May. There are now 72...

When the market gets messy, control matters more than ever

There is a tendency to look at the current market and focus purely on activity levels, particularly after the recent spike driven by lender...

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Conveyancing delays push exchange times past 100 days

The average home that exchanged contracts in April had gone under offer 104 days...

Equifinance launches broker portal for second charge cases

Equifinance has released its new broker portal, ECHO, giving introducers an end-to-end process for...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 11

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) began its third annual 144-mile Walk &...

Third of protection clients nearly cancelled cover before claiming

Almost a third of protection claimants at Waddle Insurance had considered cancelling or had...

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