Mortgages

TSB partners with Hometrack for AVMs

TSB has appointed Hometrack to be its provider and long-term partner for Automated Valuation...

New Family Assist products from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a range of Family Assist mortgage products featuring £1,000 cashback...

Vida offers free remortgage legals

Vida Homeloans' Fee Saver product range now includes free legals for residential remortgages. ...

The low hanging fruit

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, told the audience at...

Rise in importance of the Bank of Mum and Dad

The 'bank of Mum and Dad' will lend over £6.5 billion in 2017, up...

Pepper cuts non-conforming residential rates

Pepper Homeloans has cuts 30-month, two and five-year fixed rates in its non-conforming residential mortgage product...

The Skipton appoints IRM

The Skipton Building Society has added Rachael Hunnisett to its team of intermediary regional managers (IRMs). Hunnisett has...

IMLA predicts 6% market growth this year

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) believes this year the mortgage market will achieve the highest...

10% rise in RBS gross mortgage lending

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a profit of £259 million for the...

Accord alters minimum rental cover requirements

Accord Buy To Let is changing its approach to minimum rental cover requirements. The lender...

The Bath BS sees record mortgage lending

The Bath Building Society Group has reported increase in its mortgage book in 2016...

Nationwide makes cuts to fixed and tracker rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut rates on certain two and five-year fixed and two-year tracker...

New ‘market leading’ BTL deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched a five year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage at...

Kensington cuts bulk of residential mortgage rates

Kensington Mortgages will reduce rate across its residential mortgage range tomorrow (27 April). ...
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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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banks

FCA bans CEO over fake €200m bond portfolio

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

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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