Mortgages

Sainsbury’s Bank unveils mortgage offering

Sainsbury’s Bank is launching residential home purchase mortgages and remortgages for first time buyers,...

Skipton sells £220m mortgage portfolio

Skipton Building Society subsidiaries, Amber Homeloans Limited and North Yorkshire Mortgages Limited, have agreed...

New buy-to-let range from the Monmouthshire

The Monmouthshire Building Society has launched a new range of two-year buy-to-let house purchase...

Equity release “to help fill buy-to-let vacuum”

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has warned that, after doubling in volume from £20.1bn...

Improvement in landlord understanding of tax relief changes

Paragon Mortgages has reported an increased understanding of the implications of the government’s changes to...

New lower fee options from Accord

Accord Mortgages has introduced a range of £495 fee mortgages for borrowers with lower loan sizes...

New 90% deals from Metro Bank

Metro Bank has introduced a new 90% LTV range, available to first-time buyers, movers and remortgage...

Newcastle Intermediaries improves BTL overpayment policy

Newcastle Intermediaries has increased the level of overpayments allowed without penalty across its whole buy-to-let...

TBMC unveils new buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let fixed rates with Mortgage Trust. There is...

PMS Mortgage Club teams up with Vida Homeloans

PMS has added Vida Homeloans to its panel. The specialist lender's range of residential and buy-to-let...

Mortgage tax relief changes come into effect

From today, 6 April, individual landlords, general partnerships and limited liability partnerships will no...

MBE Leeds to hold equity release ‘knowledge hub’

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) at the Leeds Armouries on 26 April will include a dedicated...

Laura Sneddon joins The Mortgage Lender

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has announced 12 new hires. The appointments include the first of...

The Leeds expands intermediary lending team

The Leeds Building Society has made an addition to its business development team. Nirver Randhawa...

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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