Mortgages

SimplyBiz Mortgages expands lender panel

SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced the addition of Bluestone Mortgages to its panel as the lender...

L&G offers 4.44% lifetime mortgage

Legal & General has launched a 4.44% AER Premier Flexible lifetime mortgage. It claims...

Accord reduces buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord has cut rates across its two, three and five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages...

Lenders respond to MPC rate cut

A number of lenders have already reacted to the decision by the Bank of...

Tesco Bank lengthens offer validity period

Tesco Bank is extending the validity period of its formal mortgage offers for new...

Complete Mortgages joins HSBC broker panel

Guildford mortgage broker Complete Mortgages has secured access to HSBC’s broker panel. The move...

BoE cuts Bank Rate and unveils support package

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted to cut the Bank Rate to...

N&P unveils 1.19% two-year deal

The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has cut the rate on its two-year...

Mortgage Vision headline speakers revealed

Mortgage Brain has announced that the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) and Nationwide/The Mortgage...

L&G: rates unlikely to fall regardless of MPC decision

Fixed rate mortgages have fallen by an average of 2.5% since 2010, according to research...

Stonebridge Group offers client e-magazine

Stonebridge Group is launching a new e-magazine to help its advisers to communicate more...

Precise cuts HMO and Ltd Co BTL rates

Precise Mortgages has made changes to its buy-to-let product range. HMO rates are being...

NatWest unveils £500 FTB cashback deal

NatWest has launched a number of new two and five-year fixed rate cashback mortgage deals for...

New underwriting manager at the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has appointed Paula Millard to the position of underwriting manager. She joins...

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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Cambridge BS awards £15,080 grant to support young women

Cambridge Building Society has awarded Turtle Dove Cambridge £15,080 to help young women at...

Auction sales rate falls as buyers become more selective

The proportion of property auction lots sold fell to 64.7% in July as buyers...

Untangled completes Ampla Finance rebrand with new website

Specialist lender Untangled has launched a new website, completing its transition from Ampla Finance. The...

L&G cuts rates for new optional payment lifetime mortgages

L&G has introduced rate reductions of between 0.01% and 1.00% for new customers taking...

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