Mortgages

Halifax introduces new remortgage offer

Halifax has unveiled a new offer for customers looking to remortgage direct with the...

LMS partners with the Tipton & Coseley

Conveyancing panel manager LMS has announced a new partnership with the Tipton & Coseley...

Just Mortgages unveils self-employed team

Just Mortgages is launching a new ‘self-employed’ division, to be run by Carl Parker, who...

Connect adds buy-to-let lender to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Axis Bank to its panel of mortgage lenders. 

 Connect’s...

Shawbrook joins trade body

Shawbrook Bank, has become the latest member of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). This takes...

Borrowers still remortgaging to cut costs

January 2016 saw a three percentage point fall in the proportion of remortgagors who believe...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15 percentage points on its...

BoE reports strong lending start to 2016

Latest statistics from the Bank of England show the number of loan approvals for house...

Precise Mortgages partners with Connells

Connells Survey & Valuation has announced a valuations partnership with Precise Mortgages.  Precise will...

Lending up at the Coventry

The Coventry Building Society has reported that its new mortgage lending increased by 8%...

Losses continue at RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has reported a loss for 2015 of...

TSB raises selected mortgage rates

TSB has made changes to rates on a selection of its mortgages.  The rises will affect a selected...

Precise extends HMO maximum bedroom criteria

Precise Mortgages has expanded its HMO lending criteria to accept properties with up to...

PPI charge cuts Lloyds profits

Lloyds Banking Group has reported pre-tax profits of £1.64bn for 2015, 7% lower than...

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...

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Court delays stretch to 27 weeks as Section 21 exit looms

Landlords are facing the longest court delays in more than two decades despite a...

Law Society urges court funding boost before Section 21 ban

The Law Society of England and Wales has called on the Government to increase...

Manchester movers rethink upsizing as costs bite

Rising mortgage rates and stamp duty bills are prompting Manchester families to shelve plans...

Central Trust launches new range with rates from 6.69%

Central Trust has launched a new Premier product range, with second charge rates starting...

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