Mortgages

LMS partners with the Tipton & Coseley

Conveyancing panel manager LMS has announced a new partnership with the Tipton & Coseley...

Just Mortgages unveils self-employed team

Just Mortgages is launching a new ‘self-employed’ division, to be run by Carl Parker, who...

Connect adds buy-to-let lender to panel

Connect for Intermediaries has added Axis Bank to its panel of mortgage lenders. 

 Connect’s...

Shawbrook joins trade body

Shawbrook Bank, has become the latest member of the Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL). This takes...

Borrowers still remortgaging to cut costs

January 2016 saw a three percentage point fall in the proportion of remortgagors who believe...

Accord cuts buy-to-let fixed rates

Accord Buy to Let has reduced selected rates by up to 0.15 percentage points on its...

BoE reports strong lending start to 2016

Latest statistics from the Bank of England show the number of loan approvals for house...

Precise Mortgages partners with Connells

Connells Survey & Valuation has announced a valuations partnership with Precise Mortgages.  Precise will...

Lending up at the Coventry

The Coventry Building Society has reported that its new mortgage lending increased by 8%...

Losses continue at RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) has reported a loss for 2015 of...

TSB raises selected mortgage rates

TSB has made changes to rates on a selection of its mortgages.  The rises will affect a selected...

Precise extends HMO maximum bedroom criteria

Precise Mortgages has expanded its HMO lending criteria to accept properties with up to...

PPI charge cuts Lloyds profits

Lloyds Banking Group has reported pre-tax profits of £1.64bn for 2015, 7% lower than...

The Yorkshire posts record operating profit

The Yorkshire Building Society has reported gross lending of £6.9bn (2014: £7.6bn) and net...

COMMENT

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...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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