Mortgages

New fixed rates from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages...

Call for re-levelling of disclosure playing field

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

The Mansfield extends maximum age

The Mansfield Building Society has extended the maximum age on its otw-year discounted rate product...

All stands sold for the Leeds MBE

The Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has revealed that all the stands have been sold...

AMI to fight FCA’s “unfair fees”

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has responded the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Business...

New Street partners with Mortgage Advice Bureau

New Street Mortgages has agreed a new distribution partnership with Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB). All of MAB’s...

The Skipton unveils new intermediary-only deals

Skipton Intermediaries has introduced a new range of intermediary-only products for purchase and remortgage. The five-year...

TMA to hold nationwide conferences

TMA is holding a number of mortgage roadshows for directly authorised (DA) advisers in four...

The Leeds changes interest-only criteria

The Leeds Building Society has made improvements to its interest-only mortgage range. The mutual will now...

Paragon changes limited company lending criteria

Paragon Mortgages has made changes to its lending criteria for limited company landlords. The follows...

TFC Homeloans moves to Manchester

TFC Homeloans has relocated its head office to Manchester city centre, within minutes of...

Increase in profits for Just Mortgages

Just Mortgages has reported a 17% rise in profits for the year ending December 2015,...

Kensington unveils buy-to-let guide for investors

Kensington Mortgages has published a graphical guide that outlines the upcoming changes for buy-to-let investors. Changes...

Kensington reviews lending policy

Kensington has switched to paperless application processing and reviewed its lending policy, including changes to policies on...

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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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...

Bristol tops 2026 Japanese knotweed hotspots

Bristol has retained its position as England’s Japanese knotweed capital, recording more than twice...

Marsden passes £100m Guernsey lending milestone

Marsden Building Society has surpassed £100m in mortgage completions in Guernsey through its partnership...

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