Mortgages

UKMortgages celebrates download milestone

UKMortgages, Mortgage Brain’s mobile app, has now been downloaded over 100,000 times and accessed...

FCA urged to look at changes to affordability rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged by the Equity Release Council to...

Accord offering first time buyer cashback

Accord Mortgages is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on...

Record mortgage results for the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage completions in 2015 of £70 million. The...

Free legal fee charity competition unveiled

The Conveyancing Foundation will be running a series of events during 2016 which conveyancers...

First Help to Buy ISA completion for the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has seen the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy...

Accidental landlords at risk from impending changes

55% of new buy-to-let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes,...

New Street Mortgages launches with BTL offering

New Street Mortgages has launched into the UK market as a new mass market lending...

TSB announces rate changes

TSB has reduced residential mortgage rates on a range of its mortgages with larger deposits...

New BTL deals from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has added a further three products to its 80% LTV buy-to-let...

Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed a 10-event roadshow schedule for 2016. The first series...

Skipton Intermediaries reveals its IRM of the year

Simon Tipton, who looks after the central region for Skipton Intermediaries, has been named...

MPC dissenter changes tack as rates held

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to maintain...

New VoIP solution for brokers unveiled

Paul Holden, former sales director of MortgageStream, has launched a new service offering voiceover...

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...

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Green shoots for housing market as confidence rebounds

Surveyors are reporting the clearest signs yet that the housing slowdown may be bottoming...

AML regime ‘costing billions with little return’

Global anti-money laundering rules are imposing vast costs on banks while recovering less than...

HSBC UK to host Spring Budget economy webinars for intermediaries

HSBC UK is inviting brokers to join a series of economy update webinars focused...

Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...

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