Mortgages

Post Office cuts mortgage rates

Post Office has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.47 percentage points on a...

Average buy-to-let LTVs continue to increase

As the buy-to-let mortgage market has expanded more lenders are now offering higher loan-to-value...

PMS adds the Mansfield to panel

The Mansfield Building Society has been appointed to the lender panel of PMS. The...

New 60% LTV deals from the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society has unveiled a new five-year fix at 2.94%. The brand is offering...

Sesame Bankhall adds Scottish BS to lender panels

Scottish Building Society has been added to the Sesame and PMS lender panels. The...

NatWest IS offers 2.99% five-year fix

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has cut the rate on its five-year fixed rate, 60% LTV,...

New BTL deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages is launching a new range of buy-to-let products on 1 November. Eight low-fee...

Growth in mutual mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £2.5 billion in...

The Leeds extends BTL fix

Leeds Building Society has extended its fixed rate buy-to-let deal, at 5.99% for two...

New mainstream deals from Platform

Platform will tomorrow refresh its mainstream product range, with rate reductions of up to...

Brokers can take on direct lenders with Precise deal: Brightstar

Brightstar Financial is offering a 2.89%, two-year fixed rate prime purchase deal from Precise...

YBS unveils 60% LTV direct deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage range with the launch of new...

The Skipton cuts fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on a selection of its residential two, three...

MMR: FSA makes change to advised sales

The FSA has made a change in the final rules of the Mortgage Market...

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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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London Credit revises website and product guides

Short-term lender London Credit has introduced changes to its website and product guides. The changes...

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) hosts Peer Group event in Kent

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) has kicked off 2025 with a successful Peer Group event,...

Standard Life Home Finance improves Horizon lifetime mortgage criteria

Standard Life Home Finance has made a series of changes to the criteria on...

Twenty7tec to address ‘burning issues’ in webinars

Twenty7tec has launched a new webinar series, bringing together industry figures to debate the...