Mortgages

UK heading for negative inflation

The governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation could turn negative...

Repossessions at lowest level since 2006

The number of repossessions fell to 21,000 in 2014 - 26% fewer than the...

HML predicts repossession rate of 0.20% this year

HML has forecast that there will be 20,606 residential property repossessions in 2015. The forecast comes as the...

The Mansfield revamps affordability criteria

The Mansfield Building Society has updated its affordability criteria. Following analysis of data from the...

Fastest monthly increase in house purchase lending in six years

There were 65,778 house purchase approvals in January, chartered surveyor e.surv has reported. This...

TSB pilots 95% 10-year fix

TSB is launching a new range of fixed rate mortgages with up to 95%...

Fleet Mortgages reprices following broker feedback

Fleet Mortgages has introduced new lifetime tracker products and a number of price cuts...

New head of mortgages at Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has announced that Tracie Pearce, the mutual's head of savings,...

The Leeds hires new build specialist

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new corporate account manager specialising in the...

Strong January for buy-to-let

Connells Survey and Valuation has reported that the buy-to-let sector surged ahead of other...

New corporate brand for Mortgage Intelligence

Mortgage Intelligence has changed the look and feel of its corporate brand, as part...

FTBs target for new Barclays stepped deals

Barclays has introduced two fixed rate stepped mortgages. The are designed to help reduce the...

New deals from the Chelsea

The Chelsea Building Society is reducing mortgages across its range by up to 40bps. The...

N&P offers 2.29% three-year fix

The Norwich & Peterborough Building Society has cut its fixed rate mortgages by up to 60bps,...

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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