Mortgages

TMA wants fight against “unfair” FSCS levy 

TMA Mortgage Club is calling on brokers to respond to a consultation paper from...

The Newcastle unveils new HTB deal

Newcastle Intermediaries has refreshed its Help to Buy range, including the introduction of two...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks extend mortgage sale

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have chosen to extend their sale across the range of mortgages including their...

Kensington launches sub-3% rates

Kensington Mortgages has made rate changes across its residential and buy-to-let products, including a 2.99%...

Strong end to the year for mortgage market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that homeowner house purchase lending totalled...

Vida Homeloans partners with Mortgage Intelligence

Vida Homeloans has been appointed to the Mortgage Intelligence panel of lenders for both...

Barclays unveils stamp duty cashback proposition

Barclays Mortgages has launched the Barclays Homebuyer Cashback mortgage, designed to help first time buyers or homemovers...

Sharp rise in 95% LTV lending at the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported that demand for its 95% LTV home loans was 91%...

NatWest IS to pay 20bps broker retention fee

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has become the latest lender to address the issue of retention...

BTL market starting to stabilise?

Mortgage Brain has stated that the cost of buy-to-let mortgages remain at record lows...

Scots most savvy about switching

New research suggest that mortgage borrowers in Scotland are the most proactive in the...

Santander introduces minimum proc fee

Santander has made changes to its new business procuration fee policy. It has introduced a minimum procuration...

The Family BS to pay retention proc fee

The Family Building Society is to pay mortgage brokers retention fees this year. The mutual will pay...

Skipton International upgrades expat mortgage calculator

Skipton International has launched an upgraded online mortgage calculator, giving expat customers a guide to loan...

COMMENT

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...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

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Retirement drives more than half of financial advice enquiries

Retirement concerns account for more than half of financial advice enquiries received by Inzuzo,...

Friends and family offer route on to property ladder for single buyers

More than half of prospective buyers would consider purchasing a home with a friend...

Newcastle expands broker mortgage range with higher-LTV deals

Newcastle for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage range with the return of higher loan-to-value...

Mortgage arrears and possessions fall in second quarter

The number of UK mortgages in arrears declined in the second quarter of 2026,...

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