Mortgages

New Street Mortgages launches with BTL offering

New Street Mortgages has launched into the UK market as a new mass market lending...

TSB announces rate changes

TSB has reduced residential mortgage rates on a range of its mortgages with larger deposits...

New BTL deals from Coventry for Intermediaries

Coventry for Intermediaries has added a further three products to its 80% LTV buy-to-let...

Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed a 10-event roadshow schedule for 2016. The first series...

Skipton Intermediaries reveals its IRM of the year

Simon Tipton, who looks after the central region for Skipton Intermediaries, has been named...

MPC dissenter changes tack as rates held

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to maintain...

New VoIP solution for brokers unveiled

Paul Holden, former sales director of MortgageStream, has launched a new service offering voiceover...

Home secretary to open Northview Group HQ

The Northview Group is to open its new headquarters on 5 February and in...

FTB cashback offer from the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society is offering first-time buyers an extra £500 cashback when they complete on...

Barclays revamps two-year fixes

Barclays has made changes to the two year fixed mortgage range. Rate reductions of up to 0.18...

Packager reveals new fee structure

Brunel Mortgages & Loans has announced a new fee structure in response to the Mortgage Credit...

Rates cut by the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on five discount...

Aldermore introduces limited edition BTL fix

Aldermore has unveiled a new limited edition rate on its five-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal. It...

The Dudley unveils ERC-free discounted deals

The Dudley Building Society has launched eight new discount for term rate products, four of...

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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