Mortgages

LSL offers Skipton 85% LTV exclusive

LSL Property Services Group has agreed an exclusive 85% LTV mortgage with Skipton Building...

Shawbrook pilots mainstream buy-to-let proposition

Shawbrook Bank is piloting two new mainstream buy-to-let products with three of its...

FTB lending at highest level since 2007

Lending to first-time buyers has reached its largest quarterly total since 2007 with 68,200...

PMS & Sesame launch 95% LTV exclusive

Members of PMS and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to a...

Castle Trust to target those in relationship break-up

Castle Trust is to to start trying to target couples who are divorcing/splitting up...

Brokers see H1 boost in business

Brokers saw an improvement in business in the first half of 2013, according to...

Openwork offers Leeds exclusive

Openwork has secured two exclusive fixed mortgage deals with Leeds Building Society. The...

House purchase approvals up 21% year-on-year

July 2013 was the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

New deals from Accord Buy to Let

Accord Buy to Let has unveiled a new product range, with rates starting from...

The Leeds moves into Help to Buy

Leeds Building Society has introduced its first set of Help to Buy products. The...

GEMHL adds new range and bolsters sales team

On Friday 16 August GE Money Home Lending is launching a new mortgage product...

Aldermore cuts three-year commercial fixed rates

Aldermore has cut its rates across several of its three-year fixed rate commercial mortgage...

The Chelsea cuts 85% LTV rates

Chelsea Building Society has cut rates on its 85% loan to value (LTV) mortgages. Rates...

Record breaking time for Pink

Mortgage network Pink completed 2,255 mortgages in July, with a total value of over...

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Tuning into later life lending conversations

There are certain conversations in our profession that can genuinely change the course of a client’s life. Later life lending sits firmly in that...

Economic uncertainty weighing on business borrowers

Taken as a whole, Atom bank’s SME Pulse for Q2 shows the current robust health of demand in the commercial market. Around 95% of the...

Right of Light risks: a looming shadow over construction projects

Gone are the days when a Right of Light infringement could be swiftly dealt with by simply taking out an indemnity insurance policy. Specialists used...

Could a move to ‘enhanced advice’ also mean mandatory protection conversations?

The FCA’s recent Mortgage Market Discussion Paper (DP25/2) has got the industry talking about ‘enhanced advice’ – an idea that certain customers, such as...

Take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop chasing a rate cut

Every six weeks the financial world raises its eyebrows at the prospect of a rate cut, causing celebration when the Monetary Committee duly obliges. There...

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Clydesdale Bank cuts residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank is making widespread reductions across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges this...

Quantum Mortgages appoints new BDMs

Quantum Mortgages has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of two new business...

Next Intelligence adds National Friendly to refreshed protection panel

Next Intelligence has announced a refresh of its protection panel with the addition of...

House prices post strongest rise in over a year as rental growth cools

UK house prices recorded their fastest annual growth in more than a year in...