Mortgages

LBG extends Help to Buy to new builds

Homeowners can now purchase new build properties through both Halifax and Lloyds Bank Help...

APAC Systems launches “ultimate generic application form”

A new cloud based platform has launched which combines the criteria and application questions...

The Family BS unveils product for FTBs

The Family Building Society has launched the Family Mortgage. The new mutual is offering three...

Metro Bank revamps offering

Metro Bank has refreshed its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under £1.5...

Financial Services Expo open for registration

Front Events, organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, have announced that visitor registration...

Brits drawn back into overseas property market

The number of enquiries received by overseas mortgage firm Conti in the second quarter...

New building society unveils ‘low start mortgage’

The Family Building Society, which launched on 14 July, is offering the Low Start...

The Dudley expands lending panel

Dudley Building Society has made the first new appointment to its lending panel since...

NatWest IS to have BTL loan-to-income cap

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be introducing a 4.99 times loan-to-income cap per application for...

Scottish Widows makes mortgage rate cuts

Scottish Widows Bank (SWB) has cut the rates on a on a selection of...

High LTV recovery to stall?

Lending to high LTV borrowers reached a post credit crunch high in June, according...

Borrowers contemplate remortgaging

Mortgage Advice Bureau's latest Mortgage Search Tracker has found that consumer appetite for remortgaging...

CML: impact of MMR “subtle”

Home-owner house purchase lending in May increased month-on-month totalling 57,900 loans, up 9% compared...

First Complete expands lender panel

First Complete has added Newbury Building Society to its mortgage panel. The Newbury will provide...

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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