Mortgages

The Mansfield launches interest-only downsizing deal

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a new mortgage product for interest only customers who are...

Growing volumes of first-time buyer lending

First-time buyers accounted for 19% of intermediary business over the last three months, the...

Lloyds outlines MCD changes

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed details for its implementation of the Mortgage Credit Directive...

CML: rise in first-time buyer activity

First-time buyers saw month-on-month and year-on-year increases in activity by volume and by value in September,...

Eight new deals from the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the interest rates on eight mortgages. Deals includes...

Value of UK housing stock tops £5tn

The value of UK's private housing stock in August 2015 is estimated at £5.1 trillion,...

Kent Reliance teams up with L&G Mortgage Club

The 8,000+ registered members of Legal & General’s Mortgage Club now have direct access to...

The Nationwide removes standard valuation fees

The Nationwide Building Society has removed all standard valuation fees from its mortgage range. Customers will...

FHL unveils semi-exclusive BTL range

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has launched a new 'semi-exclusive' range of products via six of...

Aldermore unveils its lowest BTL term variable deal

Aldermore has introduced a new limited edition buy-to-let remortgage product, its lowest ever buy-to-let...

Fleet sets new lending target for 2016

Fleet Mortgages has said it will hit its lending targets for 2015. In the...

Connect Mortgage Club expands

Essex based specialist broker network, Connect Mortgage Club (CMC), has taken additional second floor premises...

BM Solutions revises BTL notional/stress rate

BM Solutions is updating the notional/stress rate used in the rental assessment for buy-to-let...

Metro Bank outlines customer retention proposition

Metro Bank has unveiled a number of initiatives designed to reward customers who choose to stay...

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

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal...

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...

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