Mortgages

24% rise in Nationwide’s net mortgage lending

Nationwide Building Society has published results for the second quarter of 2015. Gross mortgage lending...

TFC partners with Fleet Mortgages

TFC Homeloans has joined forces with Fleet Mortgages. The deal allows the distributor's brokers to...

Pepper Homeloans joins Complete FS panel

Complete FS has added Pepper Homeloans to its first charge buy-to-let and residential lender...

Borrowers seeking 30+ year mortgages

Growing numbers of homebuyers are looking for mortgage terms of over 30 years to...

Busiest summer for lending in years, says conveyancer

A national firm handling conveyancing has reported an very large rise in the number...

The Newcastle enters buy-to-let space

Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services (NBSIS) has moved into the buy-to-let market with The Business Mortgage...

New professional mortgage from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has extended its range of professional mortgages to now include a...

Ex-couples still hit by debt

Failed relationships have put over two million Brits in debt by ex-partners, who are...

Anna Bennett joins Positive Lending

Specialist packager Positive Lending has announced the appointment of Anna Bennett into the newly...

Repossession rate continues to fall

Latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) reveal that the repossession rate...

New intermediary portal from the Saffron

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched its new Intermediary Mortgage Portal. The dedicated broker channel of Saffron...

Brokers see strong preference for fixed rates

81% of new mortgage cases handled by intermediaries during the second quarter of 2015...

The Skipton to cut fixes by up to 65bps

Skipton Building Society will tomorrow launch a new range of two and five-year fixed rate residential mortgages. All...

Accord offering low fee options to landlords

Accord Buy to Let is extending its range of £195 product fee mortgages. The fixed-rate mortgages...

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...

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