Mortgages

Skipton Intermediaries offering ‘day one’ valuations

Skipton Intermediaries has launched 'day one' mortgage valuations on all of its mortgage applications. This...

TFC partners with TenetLime

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with TenetLime to offer Tenet’s appointed representatives increased access...

New Supply Teacher Mortgage launched

The Teachers Building Society has launched a new Supply Teacher Mortgage aimed at supply teachers...

CML reports “dampened” lending in May

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £18.2...

LendInvest retains top European credit rating

LendInvest has received the highest rating from a European credit agency for the second...

Accord hails service improvement

Accord Mortgages has reported a 28% improvement on its mortgage offer turnaround time year-on-year from...

The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) has cut rates on two, three and five-year buy-to-let and Let to...

SimplyBiz Mortgages launches ‘MIP’ team

SimplyBiz Mortgages has created a new field-based 'MIP' (mortgages, insurance and protection) team, designed...

New BTL deals from the Dudley

The Dudley Building Society has unveiled new buy-to-let products. New deals from the intermediary only...

Brexit: FCA issues regulatory statement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement on EU referendum result. The regulator...

The Skipton cuts two and five-year fixes

The Skipton Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.20 percentage points across selected two and...

TSB expands affordable housing offering and cuts rates

TSB has reduced rates on a range of mortgage products from homemovers and remortgages. It...

Specialist lending powers ahead

There has been a lot of noise around the impending referendum and how the...

YBS unveils lowest 90% LTV fixed rate

The Yorkshire Building Society has launched the lowest fixed rate mortgage on the market...

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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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...

West One expands mortgage sales team with four appointments

West One has appointed four members to its mortgage division sales team as the...

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