Mortgages

Rating upgrade for HML

Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded the status of its outlook on the rankings for HML...

Nemo Personal Finance ends new lending

The Principality Building Society has decided to end new lending at Nemo Personal Finance. It will however...

TenetLime sees large interest in MCD events

TenetLime has revealed that its current schedule of Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD) events in...

Trevor Pothecary to return to specialist mortgage market

Mortgages Plc founder Trevor Pothecary is to head up a new player in Uk specialist mortgages, The...

Paradigm to hold further MCD events

Paradigm Mortgage Services has outlined details of a new round of mortgage and protection events...

Buy-to-let in 2016 ‘all about location’

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has suggested that the challenge for landlords, following the introduction of...

Key marketing hire for crowdfunding platform

Property crowdfunding platform Property Partner has made a digital marketing appointment to increase its...

UKMortgages celebrates download milestone

UKMortgages, Mortgage Brain’s mobile app, has now been downloaded over 100,000 times and accessed...

FCA urged to look at changes to affordability rules

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been urged by the Equity Release Council to...

Accord offering first time buyer cashback

Accord Mortgages is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on...

Record mortgage results for the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage completions in 2015 of £70 million. The...

Free legal fee charity competition unveiled

The Conveyancing Foundation will be running a series of events during 2016 which conveyancers...

First Help to Buy ISA completion for the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has seen the first mortgage completion by its Help to Buy...

Accidental landlords at risk from impending changes

55% of new buy-to-let mortgage applicants are unaware of the mortgage tax relief changes,...

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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