Mortgages

The Mansfield unveils trio of new BTL deals

The Mansfield Building Society has launched three new buy-to-let deals up to 70% loan...

Barclays cuts fixed rates

Barclays has become the latest lender to make changes to its mortgage range. It has...

August drop in house purchase approvals

House purchase approvals fell 5% last month, as the mortgage market slowed down for...

New two-year discount range from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has introduced a new selection of residential two-year discount products. The new discount...

Hinckley & Rugby ups income multiples

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has raised the multiples for its mortgages to four...

Kensington to target self-employed with new campaign

Specialist lender Kensington, which was acquired by Blackrock earlier in the week, is investing...

Santander to cut mortgage fees for current account holders

Santander is tomorrow (12 September) launching a new range of mortgages available to its...

Remortgaging continues to be muted

House purchase lending to home-buyers increased month-on-month in July totalling 67,700 loans, up 10%...

MMR adding 2-4 weeks onto transaction times

House price momentum in August slowed to the same level it was a year...

The Newcastle unveils pair of FTB fixes

Two new low fee fixed rate mortgage products aimed at first time buyers have...

Accord cuts selection of fixed rates

Accord is reducing some of its two and five year fixed rate products by...

CML to create buy-to-let statement of practice

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed it has been working on a...

BoE: increase in proportion of FTB lending

The proportion of lending for house purchase in Q2 2014 was 70.1%, about 3.7...

FCA to discuss post-MMR world at FSE London

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to outline the post-MMR regulatory future for the...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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