Mortgages

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

The Leeds unveils new 10-year fix

The Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new 10-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.75%, with...

New discount deals from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched two new discounted Standard Variable Rate deals. The mortgages,...

Accord removes residential application processing fee

Accord Mortgages has removed its mortgage application processing fee. This means borrowers will no longer...

The Mortgage Lender ups proc fees 

The Mortgage Lender (TML) is increasing procuration fees by £300 for applications received from...

SimplyBiz Mortgages teams up with Twenty7Tec

SimplyBiz Mortgages has partnered with Twenty7Tec Group to offer its club members access to the Twenty7Tec...

Home-buying myths ‘shattered’

According to Virgin Money's analysis of 1,007 homeowners’ buying preferences, personal and household safety (83%),...

Together features in Top Track 250

Together has been included in The Sunday Times/Grant Thornton Top Track 250 for 2016,...

Hammond urged to U-turn on property taxes

The Conveyancing Association has backed the Society of Licensed Conveyancers’ calls for the Chancellor to...

Aldermore unveils limited edition buy-to-let mortgages

Aldermore has introduced a new range of limited edition buy-to-let products for private landlords looking...

New interest-only exclusives for Paradigm members

Paradigm Mortgage Services has access to two new exclusive interest-only, fixed-rate products from the...

New five-year buy-to-let deals from Accord

Accord Buy To Let had unveiled a new five-year fixed rate range which includes added...

Nationwide: softening in annual house price growth

The Nationwide Building Society has reported that the pace of annual house price growth...

New securitisation for the Northfield Group

The Northview Group has announced a new securitisation. The deal, known as Finsbury Square...

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

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...

Fintel to launch adviser succession and acquisition service

Fintel Services is to launch a programme matching potential buyers with advice firms seeking...

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