Mortgages

Together announces new £375m bond

Specialist lender Together has closed a £375m bond issuance, which will increase its funding capacity. The new...

FHL slams limited company tax claims

Simon Bayley, commercial director at Foundation Home Loans, has criticised comments made by a...

PRA outlines buy-to-let underwriting expectations

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its expectations of firms’ underwriting standards to...

Fall in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has reported a decrease in mortgage approvals for August. The number...

Tesco Bank launches new mortgage rates

Tesco Bank has added a range of new two, three and five-year fixed rate mortgage products...

New 95% LTV deal from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a three year fixed rate mortgage available up...

TMW unveils BTL cashback and free valuations

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is offering a £250 cashback and free standard valuations for selected...

RBS settles US lawsuits for $1.1bn

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has reached a final settlement with the National...

MAB to establish Australian joint venture

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) is to expand into the Australian market. In a statement to...

New self-employed deals from the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society has launched three new products aimed at supporting the recently...

Skipton International reaches expat BTL milestone

Skipton International has passed £100 million of lending to British expats around the world,...

The Dudley passes on swap rate reductions

The Dudley Building Society has announced another reduction to fixed rate residential mortgages for...

The Mortgage Lender partners with Pink & First Complete

The Pink and First Complete networks have added The Mortgage Lender to their panels. The Mortgage...

New Street Mortgages joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has further expanded its lender panel further with the addition of intermediary...

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

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...

Together expands Lakeside securitisation programme to £1.2bn

Together Financial Services has increased its revolving Lakeside securitisation programme from £1bn to £1.2bn. The...

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