Mortgages

The Leeds cuts buy-to-let rate

Leeds Building Society has made reductions in the headline rate on a number of...

New fixes from Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank has launched three new fixed rate mortgage products over two, three and...

Record number of new complaint cases for FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) handled 2,161,439 initial enquiries and complaints from consumers over...

Nationwide raises mortgage overpayment ceiling

Nationwide Building Society has increased the amount borrowers can overpay on their mortgage. The mutual...

Fee hikes often offsetting fixed rate decrease

The number of mortgages available for borrowers has risen by 34% since April 2012...

The Saffron seeks to strengthen intermediary presence

Saffron Building Society has launched a new intermediary website, which is being supported by...

Monthly rise in remortgaging

Monthly gross remortgage lending increased by £489m in April to £3.4bn, according to latest...

AFI unveils new ‘seven-day specials’

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched two new seven day spring specials with no...

Leeds offers five-year deal at 3.19%

Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its five-year fixed rate mortgage, available...

Aldermore to extend lending to north of the border

Aldermore is to begin lending on residential and buy-to-let properties in Scotland from Monday...

Kent Reliance targets expats with new buy-to-let deal

Kent Reliance has launched a new product to add to its buy-to-let mortgage range....

BoI to reverse some mortgage rate hikes

The Bank of Ireland has written to the 1,200 borrowers who were...

Nationwide posts 17% increase in gross mortgage lending

Over the last year ending 4 April 2013, the Nationwide Group has increased its...

4% rise in monthly gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending increased by 4% on March to £12.1 billion in April,...

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West One reduces residential mortgage rates by up to 30bps and introduces £1,000 cashback remortgage product

Specialist lender West One Loans has implemented a series of rate reductions across its...

Household credit creeps up as lenders point to more optimism… but at a cost

British households are borrowing more – and lenders are increasingly willing to let them...

Newcastle cuts shared ownership rates by up to 55bps

Newcastle for Intermediaries has announced rate reductions of up to 55 basis point s...

Paragon Bank promotes Tim Sweetman to national account role

Paragon Bank has appointed Tim Sweetman as its new mortgages national account manager, marking...