Mortgages

New buy-to-let fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is offering a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products with...

OSB acquires £400m UK mortgage book

OneSavings Bank subsidiary Rochester Mortgages Limited has entered into a mortgage sale agreement to...

Sesame and PMS offering 95% LTV Leeds exclusive

Sesame and PMS have launched an exclusive fixed rate product to appointed representatives (ARs)...

Paragon introduces online limited company BTL application

Paragon Mortgages will now allow intermediaries to submit applications for limited company buy-to-let purchases online. The...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has cut the rates on its range of three and five-year fixed...

Skipton unveils web chat service

Skipton Intermediaries has today launched a web chat service for all of its broker partners following...

Are lenders committed to the intermediary market?

It’s not often you get four of the biggest hitters from the lending industry...

1.14% fix from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 1.14%. The...

The Bath unveils room renting FTB proposition

The Bath Building Society has launched 'Rent a Room' mortgages. The product allows an individual...

FTBs still better off buying than renting

UK first-time buyers are on average 10% (£865) a year better off with their...

Trio back trade body merger

The boards of the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), British Bankers' Association (BBA) and...

Hinckley & Rugby mortgage advances up 14%

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society grew its mortgage advances 14% to £128 million in...

CML: January lending up 201% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £17.9 billion...

The Mansfield extends shared ownership offering

The Mansfield Building Society has extended its geographical coverage and broker distribution for shared ownership...

COMMENT

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...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Latest news

PEXA joins BoE lab to test synchronised settlement in property completions

PEXA has been selected to participate in the Bank of England’s Synchronisation Lab, a...

The Right Mortgage introduces in-house packager service for complex cases

The Right Mortgage has launched The Right Packager, a new service available to advisory...

L&G Ignite links to Lloyds Banking Group in first live product API integration

L&G’s Ignite platform has completed its first product API integration, connecting directly to Lloyds...

Together unveils specialist intermediary team to handle £1m+ cases

Together has launched a new dedicated larger loans unit aimed at supporting brokers with...

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