Mortgages

First Complete begins MCD training across UK

First Complete has started to carry out UK-wide training on the impact of the...

N. Ireland lending highest level since mid-2007

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has revealed that lending in Northern Ireland for house...

Affordability hit borrowers turning to bridging

86% of brokers surveyed saw an increase in bridging loan volume during the fourth...

Continued lending growth in Wales

Latest Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) data has shown that lending in Wales for...

8% rise in first-time buyers in Scotland

Annual home-owner house purchase lending in Scotland in 2015 totalled 64,800 loans, up 9%...

2015 fall in London house purchase lending

House purchase lending in London fell in 2015 in comparison with the previous year,...

Scottish Widows holds protection workshops

Scottish Widows, which recently returned to the intermediary protection market, has held a series...

BBA sees major year-on-year rise in lending

Gross mortgage borrowing of £13.6 billion in January was 38% higher than a year...

Packager to hold south coast buy-to-let event

Complete FS has announced the first of a series of seminars designed to help...

Transactions up 9.7% year-on-year

HMRC has revealed that its provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for January 2016 was 105,940 residential...

Distributor expands sales team

TFC Homeloans has added three new sales positions to its operation. Gary Barton has moved into...

Brokers changing how they communicate with lenders

Accord Mortgages says that intermediaries are opting to use its web chat service for...

Brokers finding age to be a remortgage barrier

Research for the Nottingham Building Society conducted among mortgage brokers found that 37% have seen a rise...

The Mansfield appoints national development manager

The Mansfield Building Society has hired Steve Walton as national development manager. He is tasked with leading...

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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