Mortgages

BBA members vote for trade body merger

Members of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) have voted for the organisation to consolidate...

Arun Estates expands partnership with Mortgage Brain

Arun Estates has extended its partnership with Mortgage Brain by committing to use MortgageBrain...

Housing market is slowing down

The housing market in England & Wales is slowing down, both in terms of...

Popularity of limited companies for BTL “soaring”

There has been record demand for mortgages via companies in 2016, according to the...

Aldermore to hold seminars at MBE Bristol Expo

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced a joint seminar programme with Aldermore at the...

LendInvest unveils new intermediary website

LendInvest has launched a new website designed for mortgage intermediaries. The new site, intermediaries.lendinvest.com, provides...

The Mortgage Lender to move office

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is moving into its permanent operational base in Glasgow’s International...

Further slowdown in home lending

House purchase lending activity has fallen to a 12-month low, due to a further...

New fixed rate deals from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of two and five-year fixed rate...

Openwork to offer high net worth mortgage facility

Openwork is to introduce a dedicated mortgage service for high net worth clients via...

West Brom BTL ruling to cost £27.5m

The West Bromwich Building Society has lost a ruling in the Court of Appeal...

Tenet slams FCA’s stance over FSCS

Tenet has criticised the FCA’s refusal to consider introducing a product-based premium as a means of...

YBS cuts fee-free FTB rates

The Yorkshire Building Society has reduced its rates on mortgages for borrowers who want to...

Mortgage Intelligence expands lending panel

Mortgage Intelligence has added Kent Reliance to its panel of mortgage lenders. The lender will provide...

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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