Mortgages

The Nationwide cuts fixed rates

The Nationwide Building Society has reduced selected fixed rate mortgages across its range by...

CML backs FCA’s mortgage market competition call

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has welcomed the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) call...

TSB makes wholesale rate cuts on intermediary deals

TSB has cut rates on a range of 75-90% LTV mortgages available through brokers.  Remortgages...

New staff at Largemortgageloans.com

Largemortgageloans.com has made several new appointments to its management team. Steve Ayers joins as...

Magellan extends new range to DAs

Following its pilot of a new near prime mortgage range through appointed representatives, Magellan Homelands...

FCA launches Call for Inputs on mortgage market competition

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today introduced a 'Call for Inputs' on competition in...

New HTB remortgage deal from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has expanded its Help to Buy equity (HTB1) remortgage range with two...

The Teachers offers 95% deal to all of England & Wales

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rates on some of its low deposit...

Paradigm signs exclusive deal with Brightstar

Paradigm Mortgage Services has agreed an exclusive two-year partnership with Brightstar. Paradigm will, from today,...

Pepper unveils 1.99% deal

Pepper Homelands has announced its latest product offering. It is introducing two-year tracker rates...

Skipton to talk MCD at Mortgage Business Expo

Skipton Intermediaries will be attending the Mortgage Business Expo on 7 October to discuss...

Market for non-performing loans is “hot”

The trading market for non-performing loans (NPLs) is still extremely buoyant eight years after...

Shawbrook appoints new CEO

Steve Pateman has agreed to join Shawbrook Group plc as its new chief executive...

FCA proposes PPI claim deadline

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has decided to consult, by the end of the...

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...

PROFILES