Mortgages

Together in major recruitment drive

Specialist lender Together is holding an open evening at its head office in Cheadle on...

PTFS joins Fleet Mortgages panel

Fleet Mortgages has announced the addition of adviser network, Personal Touch Financial Services, to its...

December lending up 23% year-on-year

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending totalled £19.9 billion...

Metro Bank refreshes offering

Metro Bank has revamped its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range, including a rate reduction of...

Housing supply not lender appetite behind purchase lending fall

E.surv has suggested that a lack of housing supply in some areas could be...

Conveyancing portal seeing major BTL activity

SortRefer, the conveyancing online portal, has seen a recent surge in requests for its buy-to-let remortgage conveyancing...

The Leeds opts for KFI+ over ESIS

The Leeds Building Society says it is on track for the new Europe-wide mortgage regulations...

Revenues up 33% at MAB

Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) plc has issued a pre-close trading update for its financial year...

Precise unveils limited company BTL deal

Precise Mortgages will tomorrow (21 January) launch a limited company buy-to-let product. Rates start at 4.09%...

New BTL app for Android released

Mortgages for Business's Buy To Let app is now available to Android users. The free...

Spain retains its top spot

Overseas mortgage specialist Conti has revealed that Spain remains the top choice for Brits...

Scheme aims to strengthen renters’ credit histories

Experian has found that one in three private tenants has put their plans to...

Mortgage brokers “have high expectations for remortgaging”

There was a record high in the level of mortgage intermediaries’ confidence in the prospects...

TSB intermediary celebrates first 12 months

In the year since its launch, TSB Intermediary has welcomed over 18,000 new customers. It has...

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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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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