Mortgages

Kent Reliance revamps core mortgage offering

Kent Reliance has made a number of changes to its product range. The lender...

Hinckley & Rugby makes privileged cut

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rate on a five-year fixed rate...

3mc behind Kensington’s first packaged case

3mc has generated Kensington’s first packaged case to go to offer since the lender returned...

The Mortgage Partnership expands BTL panel

The Mortgage Partnership (TMP) has added Foundation Home Loans (FHL) to its panel of...

Nationwide to cut selected higher LTV fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society is cutting selected fixed rate mortgages at 85, 90 and 95% loan-to-value (LTV)...

Kent Reliance joins Paradigm panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has revealed that Kent Reliance has become the latest lender to...

The Nationwide ups maximum mortgage age limit

The Nationwide Building Society is to increase its maximum age for mortgage maturity from...

Magellan Homeloans introduces priority service

Magellan Homeloans has revised its service proposition for intermediaries. The specialist lender says its...

Remortgaging defies seasonal slowdown

The total number of valuations carried out in April rose 24% year-on-year – a...

Aldermore unveils limited edition rate

Aldermore has introduced a new limited edition rate on its standard and specialised buy-to-let product...

Accord cuts rate on 65% LTV fix

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on its 65% LTV fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.12 percentage...

£13bn Northern Rock mortgage sale completed

The £13 billion sale of former Northern Rock mortgages was completed yesterday, with the government...

NatWest and RBS to stop expat lending

NatWest and RBS will no longer offer mortgages to expatriates from 19 May. This will...

The Ipswich expands geographical availability

The Ipswich Building Society is extending five existing partnerships with SimplyBiz Mortgages, Intrinsic, Sesame, Mortgage...

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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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PropTech silos prolong mortgage journey, Houzecheck warns

Disconnected property technology is creating new data silos instead of delivering faster mortgage and...

Swansea BS completes £25k charity fund with YMCA Cardiff donation

Swansea Building Society has completed an anniversary charity fund with a £3,000 donation to...

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...

No mandate for automatic cohabitation rights, Deech warns

Proposals giving cohabiting couples automatic rights over homes, pensions and other assets lack clear...

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