Mortgages

Nine-year high for equity withdrawals

The total amount of equity withdrawn through remortgaging reached £837m in the final month...

Why the long face?

One can’t help but come back to the market after the new year break...

SBG hires business development director

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) has appointed Jeff Woods as its business development director.  Woods has 25 years...

Dudley introduces new buy-to-let deals

The Dudley Building Society has launched new buy-to-let products, with four discounted rate and four...

Colin Snowdon to join lender as MD

Colin Snowdon is to join Pepper Homeloans as its managing director on 1 February. In his...

Fleet Mortgages reveals first year lending stats

Fleet Mortgages has announced that £1.2 billion of business "flowed through its system" in its first...

New scoring system unveiled

A new cloud-based scoring service that aims to help lenders improve loan quality and acceptance...

Fall in average monthly bridging loan interest rates

£432.5m of bridging loans were completed by its contributors in 2015, according to Bridging...

Buy to Let Club panel expands

Virgin Money and Halifax have become the latest additions to the Buy to Let...

New fixes from the Co-op

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new range of fixed rate mortgages, reducing rates across...

Coventry for Intermediaries cuts rates

Coventry for Intermediaries has cut the rates on its residential mortgages at 90% LTV and...

Kent Reliance hires national accounts head

OneSavings Bank has appointed Steve Seal as head of national accounts for its Kent...

Precise Mortgages unveils new MCD-compliant system

Precise Mortgages has released a Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) ready version of its online mortgage...

New buy-to-let deals from TSB

TSB Bank has launched two new mortgages for buy-to-let landlords looking to remortgage. Both deals are for...

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

Mortgage arrears set to hit record lows despite rate shock

Mortgage arrears are forecast to fall further over the next two years even as...

Family BS launches 100% LTV fix backed by family security

Family Building Society has entered the 100% LTV arena with the launch of an...

Savings gap widens as protection message fails to land

A growing number of UK households are dangerously exposed to income shocks despite advisers...

The Suffolk cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 26bps

Suffolk Building Society has reduced a range of 80% LTV buy-to-let fixed rates by...

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