Mortgages

Skipton Intermediaries unveils bespoke large loan offering

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced Skipton Bespoke, a new proposition designed to specifically help brokers who...

Pepper adds SMS to distribution network

Pepper Homeloans has extended its distribution network to include Solent Mortgage Services (SMS).  Hampshire-based SMS will...

Board change at UKAR

UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR) has announced that David Lunn, a non-executive director appointed by...

TSB cuts selected rates and offers cashback

TSB has cut interest rates by 10 basis points on selected mortgages for home...

Personal Touch launches Business Development Suite

Personal Touch has unveiled a new system designed to help its members boost productivity...

Together completes largest loan for a decade

Together has provided its largest first charge personal mortgage in over 10 years. Working with...

New low tracker from the Chelsea

The Chelsea Building Society has launched a new variable rate tracker mortgage with no early...

Paradigm adds the Earl Shilton to lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added the Earl Shilton Building Society to its lender panel.  Members firms...

House prices rise by 0.2%

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the annual rate of house price growth...

Record gross mortgage lending for the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reported that its overall gross residential mortgage lending for 2016 of...

The Leeds offers new BTL remortgage deals

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages. The deals, which as...

Kensington completes securitisation

Kensington Mortgages has completed its fifth securitisation backed by new originations on 23 February totalling £443m....

New 65% LTV deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a range of fixed rate mortgages at 65% loan to value (LTV). The...

Norwich intermediary expands into the capital

Norwich based mortgage intermediary NM Finance has expanded its team and opened a new office in...

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

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...

The Coventry cuts fixed rates by up to 20bps

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced every fixed-rate mortgage in its range, with lower rates...

Family BS appoints Kirsty Dancer as Midlands BDM

Family Building Society has appointed Kirsty Dancer as business development manager for the East...

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