Mortgages

Bank of Ireland UK offers retention proc fee

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries is to offer a gross retention procuration fee of...

Atom Bank joins Connect panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Atom Bank to its mortgage lender panel. The specialist buy-to-let...

Together targets potential right-to-buy customers

Specialist lender Together is allocating over £100m of funds for lending to council and housing association...

The Teachers ups its maximum lending age

The Teachers Building Society has increased its maximum lending age at end of term...

Target Group appoints CCO

Target Group has announced the appointment of Jeremy Edwards as its chief client officer...

‘Smart’ FTBs locked into HTB mortgage guarantee scheme

Connells Survey and Valuation has found that first-time buyers are making the most of the Help...

deVere partners with Al Rayan to provide expat mortgages

deVere Mortgages and Al Rayan Bank have entered into a strategic partnership to offer...

Widespread rate cuts unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has made cuts across its residential, large loan and buy-to-let product ranges.  Key changes include the following: Two-year...

The West Brom cuts 10-year rates

The West Bromwich Building Society has reduced rates for borrowers looking for a long term fix over...

The Skipton reinstates two-year discount offering

The Skipton Building Society has reintroduced a residential two-year discount mortgage range with rates...

The Teachers appoints interim chief executive

Dean Fensome has been appointed as interim chief executive of the Teachers Building Society. His...

New intermediary BTL deals from the Coventry

Coventry for Intermediaries has expanded its buy-to-let portfolio with new products at 70% LTV. The deals...

TML expands distribution

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has added The Mortgage Partnership, Brilliant Solutions and the Julian...

“Sea change” in limited company BTL volumes

63% of applications by landlords purchasing buy-to-let properties are being made using a limited...

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...

Latest news

Mortgage arrears and possessions fall in second quarter

The number of UK mortgages in arrears declined in the second quarter of 2026,...

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...

Pepper Money plans Scottish first charge mortgage launch

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

Molo cuts buy-to-let mortgage rates by 12 basis points

Molo has reduced rates across its standard and specialist buy-to-let mortgage ranges for UK...

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