Mortgages

The Ipswich rewards loyal brokers

The Ipswich Building Society has launched its Prestige programme for 2016, the exclusive club...

Mortgage rate rise expectations decline

The latest quarterly Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker has found that confidence in the...

New Street Mortgages appoints valuation panel manager

New Street Mortgages has selected Gateway, owned by SimplyBiz Group, as its new panel...

NatWest reduces higher LTV rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is cutting rates on a number of higher LTV residential mortgages...

64% of remortgagors secured a lower rate

11% of borrowers who remortgaged in December did so to pay off other debts...

IRESS gears up for the MCD

IRESS has made changes to its technology solutions in advance of the introduction of...

Mutual brands to disappear from high street

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has announced that Barnsley Building Society and Chelsea Building Society...

Member milestone for Connect

Connect for Intermediaries now has over 100 Appointed Representative (AR) members. The specialist buy-to-let and commercial...

Brokers concerned about buy-to-let growth potential

Mortgage brokers are positive about the health of the buy-to-let market; however they do...

New record peak in secured lending

October secured lending totalled £98.5m, increasing 6% from the previous record set in September,...

Changing borrower behaviour behind deposit rise

December 2015 saw the average house purchase deposit surpass £80,000, according to the National Mortgage Index from Mortgage...

Surge in debt consolidation mortgage enquiries

Kensington Mortgages has found a noticeable increase in the number of people looking to consolidate their...

New shared equity range from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is introducing a new range of shared equity mortgage deals on...

John Charcol adopts MortgageBrain Anywhere

John Charcol has selected MortgageBrain Anywhere as its mortgage sourcing technology solution. Walter Avrili,...

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

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

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

Leek raises earned income age limit to 75

Leek Building Society has introduced eight lending criteria changes covering income, contractors, later-life borrowing...

Coventry cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates for new and...

Rely cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

Rely has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across a range of...

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