Mortgages

21% quarterly rise in lending for Metro Bank

Metro Bank has reported its results for the second quarter of 2014. Total deposits...

Skipton sells HML

Skipton Building Society has announced the sale of Homeloan Management Limited (HML), its mortgage...

Majority expect rate rise over next 12 months

Legal & General’s latest Mortgage Mood survey has revealed that 68% of homeowners fear...

Fixed rate cuts at the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society has reduced rates on selected two, three and five-year residential and...

Major changes in Santander for Intermediaries’ lending policy

On Friday 25 July, Santander for Intermediaries will be making key changes to its residential lending policy. Interest-only: To ensure...

One-year BTL fixes to disappear?

The number of five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage products available has more than doubled...

Virgin Money to cut certain resi and BTL rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate cuts across its residential and buy-to-let range....

Fixed rates becoming the default position

Increasing speculation over interest rates caused a rise in remortgage borrowers locking into fixed...

The Mansfield offers new remortgage package

The Mansfield Building Society has unveiled a new remortgage product, which offers free valuation...

Gross mortgage lending up 4%

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £17.5...

Accord cuts residential rates

Accord Mortgages has reduced interest rates on selected residential products by up to 0.25 percentage...

AToM relaunches retirement mortgage

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM) has launched a revamped exclusive mortgage initiative in...

New Skipton exclusives for TMA

TMA, LSL’s mortgage club for directly authorised advisers, has unveiled three exclusive products with Skipton...

Accord unveils buy-to-let promotion

Accord Buy To Let is running a 10-day promotion offering 65% loan to value...

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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