Mortgages

4% fall in monthly property transactions

HMRC's provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for July 2015 was 100,720 residential...

TMW unveils its lowest ever BTL rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW) is tomorrow (21 August) cutting rates by up to 0.50...

CML estimates 9% rise in gross lending for June

Gross mortgage lending reached an estimated £22 billion in July, according to the Council...

Accord cuts fixed mortgage rates

Accord Mortgages has reduced the rates on a selection of two and three-year fixed rate...

Vantage Finance expands lender network

Master broker Vantage Finance has announced two new additions to its lender panel. The firm is now...

Losses rise at the Co-op Bank

The Co-operative Bank has posted a loss before taxation of £204.2m for the first six...

L&G outlines LIVE event schedule

Legal & General Mortgage Club is to host its fourth series of Mortgage Club LIVE...

57% market share in net lending for building societies

Latest data from the Building Societies Association (BSA) show that societies approved 189,000 mortgages...

Halifax Intermediaries simplifies product transfers and further advances

Halifax Intermediaries has unveiled a new single product range for further advances and product...

The Dudley joins Promise Solutions’ panel

Specialist packager Promise Solutions has added the Dudley Building Society to its panel of...

MBE London announces seminar line-up

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has announced the series of seminars it will be holding...

Police Mutual selects Mortgage Brain

Police Mutual has chosen Mortgage Brain’s suite of mortgage technology solutions for its mortgage...

Bank Rate rise possibility stifles July approvals

There was a fall in the number of mortgage approvals for house purchase last...

LSL joins up management of networks

LSL Property Services has announced that Richard Coulson’s role as business development director of...

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