Mortgages

Saffron For Intermediaries improves mortgage offering

Saffron For Intermediaries has improved its self-employed, first-time buyer and owner-occupied mortgage proposition by raising LTVs...

Increase in availability of specialist mortgages

The first quarter of the year saw demand for specialist mortgages rise, according to...

Royal London offering mortgage protection initiative for L&C

Royal London has partnered with L&C to develop and test a new life insurance...

Vida Homeloans unveils 2.69% fixed rate

Vida Homeloans has announced a new 'Limited Edition' range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages...

Keystone joins Sesame & PMS mortgage panels

Keystone Property Finance has become the latest addition to the mortgage panels of Sesame...

Crystal Specialist Finance partners with TML

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added Crystal Specialist Finance to its network of distribution...

Platform cuts rates on buy-to-let

Platform has cut a number of select fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage interest rates by up...

Boost for successful FTB applications

67% of first-time buyers’ mortgage applications made via intermediaries resulted in completions during the...

New fixed rates from AA Mortgages

AA Mortgages has launched a new product range offering a number of two, three and...

Metro Bank buys £600m mortgage book

Metro Bank has completed the purchase of a portfolio of UK mortgages from Cerberus...

Positive Lending offers Shawbrook 55 Plus deal

Positive Lending has announced the launch of Shawbrook’s 55 Plus Interest-Only Mortgage product to...

Together bolsters intermediary business team

Specialist lender Together has made two further appointments to its business development team. Nadine Edwards...

Newcastle Intermediaries refreshes FTB-centric deals

Newcastle Intermediaries has tweaked its range of mortgage products for first time buyers. The lender has revised rates...

Five-year fixes grow in popularity

Paragon Mortgages’ latest Financial Advisors Confidence Tracking (FACT) Index report has found that preference...
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COMMENT

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...

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FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined and banned two former Blue Horizon Asset...
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Pivotal reports 121% growth in second charge lending

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

ModaMortgages trims limited-edition five-year fixed rates

ModaMortgages has reduced rates by up to 10 basis points across its limited-edition five-year...
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Providence agrees deal to acquire Hometrack

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

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