Mortgages

BBA: “underlying weakness” in housing market

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that house purchase approval numbers in September...

Investec completes £4.5m mortgage

Investec Private Banking has completed a mortgage worth over £4.5 million with London & Country.  The...

Castle Trust appoints East Anglia BDM

Castle Trust has recruiting a business development manager (BDM) for the East Anglia region. Mark Stephenson’s territory...

Remortgage business up for two-thirds of brokers

65% of brokers have experienced an increase in remortgage business since the vote to...

Record quarterly completions for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) agreed £503.1m in applications from July to September. The latest figure,...

TSB removes mortgage application fees

TSB Bank has has removed the application fee from all residential and buy-to-let mortgages....

Remortgagors aim to remortgage within four years

LMS has reported that last month, 85% of remortgagors were able to lower their...

Pair of two-year BTL deals unveiled by the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has introduced two new fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages for the...

Accord offers remortgage cashback offers

Accord Mortgages has introduced cashback incentives on a number of remortgage options. The intermediary-only lender has unveiled £250...

NatWest IS cuts fixed mortgage rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has cut rates on a selection of its two, three and five-year fixed...

Vida Homeloans selects mortgage servicer

New mortgage lender Vida Homeloans has chosen Computershare to service its assets. Computershare has won a...

Too many Expos?

I can’t be the only one to wonder at the mushrooming number of Expo...

New five-year BTL deal from Together

Together has unveiled new five-year fixed buy-to-let mortgage. Meanwhile, the maximum loan size has been...

Accord pilots contractor lending policy

Accord Mortgages is piloting a bespoke mortgage lending policy for contractors and freelancers. The intermediary-only...
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COMMENT

Comment

Advisers need an answer for evolving landlords

It’s a tough time to be a landlord. The succession of changes to tax and regulation made in recent years - with the Renters’...

AI doesn’t remove bias. It gives us the chance to manage it

One of the great promises of artificial intelligence has always been objectivity. Machines, unlike people, do not have bad days. They do not favour...

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

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Building Societies

Newcastle expands broker mortgage range with higher-LTV deals

Newcastle for Intermediaries has expanded its mortgage range with the return of higher loan-to-value...
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Mortgage arrears and possessions fall in second quarter

The number of UK mortgages in arrears declined in the second quarter of 2026,...
Buy-to-let

Paragon restores Track to Fix option on buy-to-let tracker mortgages

Paragon Bank has reintroduced a feature allowing existing buy-to-let customers to move from a...
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Pepper Money plans Scottish first charge mortgage launch

Pepper Money plans to launch its first charge mortgage range in Scotland in September,...

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