Mortgages

NatWest IS adds new deals and cuts rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced new three year deals to its Core and Main...

MMR does not stop higher-risk lending, says FSA

Mortgage market stakeholders are likely to see further changes in a number of areas...

New deals from Accord

Accord Mortgages has revamped its product range. New deals include: 75% LTV two year fixed rate...

Skipton makes changes to resi and BTL ranges

Skipton Building Society is tomorrow (14 November) launching a new range of mortgage products,...

Precise revamps product offering

Precise Mortgages has made changes to its mortgage range. All mainstream products will now...

Virgin Money cuts Fee Saver rates

Virgin Money has cut selected interest rates across its residential Fee Saver mortgage range,...

Nationwide cuts 70% LTV rates

Nationwide Building Society is reducing the rates on all fixed and tracker mortgages available...

TBMC unveils new Mortgage Trust BTL range

TBMC has launched eight new buy-to-let mortgage schemes, which are available via limited distribution...

Leeds unveils five-year fix at 3.74%

The Leeds Building Society has made cuts of up to 0.25 basis points on...

Funding for Lending behind lending growth

House purchase lending in October grew by 10% compared to September as the Funding...

Quarterly growth in buy-to-let lending

The value of buy-to-let mortgages taken out in the third quarter of this year...

The Leeds makes rate reductions to three-year fixes

Leeds Building Society’s three-year fixed rate mortgage at 85% LTV has been reduced from...

Co-op throws down the gauntlet with FTB deal

The Co-operative Bank has targeted first time buyers with a new product. It has launched...

Rise in expat property activity in the UK

Connect Overseas is seeing growth in enquiries from brokers who have expatriate clients looking...

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Heavy refurbishment: structuring finance for complex property upgrades

Investors are rethinking their approach to property - heavy refurbishment is no longer just an option; it’s a necessity for unlocking value in today’s...

Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

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Three-quarters of brokers expect rate hold

76% of specialist brokers expect that the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...

The Finance Family adopts Acre as platform for growth

Midlands-based The Finance Family has migrated its team of over 20 brokers to Acre’s...

‘Consumer thinking’ holding businesses back from better finance solutions

New research from Time Finance has revealed that many UK businesses default to consumer-style...

British Business Bank reports how pivotal first Covid lockdown was

Five years since the first Covid-19 lockdown, new data from Start Up Loans, part...