Mortgages

Buy-to-let boom predicted for 2015

Complete FS believes 2015 will be a bumper year for the buy-to-let market. The the...

The Co-op reduces rates

The Co-operative Bank has cut mortgage rates on a range of fixed mortgage deals. First-time buyers, remortgagers and...

Halifax surprised by borrowers shunning low rates

Borrowers currently on a standard variable rate could find substantial savings available by remortgaging,...

Accord reduces rates on 65% LTV deals

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on its fixed rate mortgages at 65% LTV. The intermediary-only lender has...

YBS unveils 1.18% two-year fix – with £1,369 fee

The Yorkshire Building Society has announced its lowest ever mortgage rate - a 1.18%...

First distributor for Foundation Home Loans revealed

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has added Foundation Home Loans (FHL) to its panel of...

New zero product fee mortgages from N&P

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has launched two new mortgages. It is offering...

TFC Homeloans completes BTL refinance in three days

TFC Homeloans has revealed that it completed a £400,000 buy-to-let refinance deal which had...

Hinckley & Rugby advances up 8% last year

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society's mortgage advances rose by 8% to £111.9 million...

January gross mortgage lending down 11% year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending reached £14.3 billion in January, according to estimates from the Council...

L&G posts strong ‘with profits’ performance

Legal & General has reported a year of strong growth on the assets held...

Brightstar wants specialist lending “made easy”

Brightstar Financial has embarked on a strategic marketing initiative, in order to support intermediaries...

Record mortgage lending and retention for the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has reported strong financial results for 2014, when it has...

Lenders processes not matching intermediary expectations

IRESS's first ever Intermediary Mortgage Survey, has identified the lack of fully paperless systems...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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