Mortgages

Coventry for Intermediaries launches 2.39% 10-year fix

Coventry for Intermediaries is expanding its range of 10-year fixed rate residential mortgages tomorrow...

Coventry for Intermediaries tweaks BTL rental calculation

Coventry for Intermediaries is adjusting its buy-to-let lending policy in advance of the changes to...

Metro Bank reduces rates on five-year deals

Metro Bank has cut rates on its five-year fixed rate residential and buy-to-let mortgages.  For residential mortgages under...

TFC Homeloans hires HR business partner

TFC Homeloans has recruited Liz Payne as HR business partner to support the next...

Large rise in proportion of limited company BTLs

There was an increase in lending to buy-to-let investors borrowing via limited companies in...

The Leeds puts longer end dates on new build deals

The Leeds Building Society has launched two new fees assisted mortgages with longer end...

BoE moves to boost lending following Brexit vote

The Bank of England has released £150 billion to banks and households following the...

SimplyBiz Mortgages offers PMI referral service

SimplyBiz Mortgages has launched a PMI referral service for its members, in conjunction with...

Skipton Intermediaries unveils three-year fixes

Skipton Intermediaries has launched a new range of intermediary only products for purchase and remortgage. Key...

Keystone cuts five-year fixed rates

Keystone Property Finance has cut all five year fixed rates in its Classic Range by...

New self-employed deals from the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society is offering new products for the self employed, along with...

17% of older interest-only borrowers unable to clear debt

Up to one in 10 over-55s homeowners across the UK are still paying interest-only...

Phoebus Software agrees deal with Atom Bank

Phoebus Software (PSL) and Atom Bank have signed a five year contract to work...

Virgin Money to pay retention proc fees

Virgin Money has unveiled its new mortgage retention platform which allows intermediaries to provide...

COMMENT

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...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

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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...

Mortgage payments are leading source of financial pressure for borrowers

More than half of UK mortgage holders worry about their repayments at least once...

StrideUp cuts HMO and MUFB finance rates and raises broker fees

StrideUp has reduced rates across its houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold...

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