Mortgages

Three-quarters not putting cash aside for rate rises

61% of homeowners are uncertain when UK interest rates might rise, according to research...

The Leeds lifts booking fee

The Leeds Building Society has removed the £199 booking fee from across its entire...

First Direct cuts fixed rates

First Direct has reduced all of its fixed rate mortgages at 65% and 75%...

Proc fee hike from Skipton Intermediaries

Skipton Intermediaries has increased its mortgage procuration fees. Proc fees will rise to 0.40%...

New Year proc fee rise from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has announced a increase in procuration fees across its residential mortgage range. The...

The Nottingham to hike proc fees

The Nottingham Building Society is to raise its procuration fees to 0.40% in January. The...

Govt recommendations to strengthen enforcement decisions

The government has published a series of recommendations to help the Financial Conduct Authority...

NatWest IS to cut rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a number of rate reductions to its intermediary range of...

Transactions fall to same level as last November

The Council of Mortgage Lenders has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.9 billion...

Vantage unveils specialist packaging division

Vantage Finance has introduced a new packaging division which will offer intermediaries specialist...

Brokers praise Mortgage Vision events

96% of attendees of the 2014 series of Mortgage Vision events rated them...

The Skipton cuts three and five-year fixed rates

The Skipton Building Society has reduced interest rates on all of its current residential...

P2P will redistribute the profits of buy-to-let

The mortgage industry is going to be 'revolutionised' by peer-to-peer finance, starting with secured...

Metro Bank expands intermediary lending area

Metro Bank has moved to widen its lending area for intermediaries. Brokers will...

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...

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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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