Mortgages

Virgin Money removes application fee for limited period

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. It has also removed the £99...

New holiday let deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has cut rates by up to 0.30 percentage points on...

Mortgage market bounced back in May

Both residential (£11.1bn) and buy-to-let lending (£3.4bn) in May were higher than in April,...

HMO investment outperforming traditional buy-to-let

Platinum Property Partners has revealed that its analysis comparing Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)...

Paragon refreshes mortgage range

Paragon Mortgages has launched a range of three year fixed rate products and refreshed...

Lenders still – and will always – wield the power

Reading about the major UK lenders and their apparent push for some of the...

Paratus AMC welcomes Keystone-Landbay partnership

Paratus AMC has welcomed the new partnership between buy-to-let lender Keystone and Landbay, the...

New chairman for Shawbrook

Iain Cornish has been appointed as chairman of Shawbrook Group. Sir George Mathewson has stepped...

BoE’s buy-to-let concerns echoed by Fleet Mortgages

Fleet Mortgages has backed the Bank of England regarding its concerns over the buy-to-let market...

TSB Intermediary moves into 95% LTV space

TSB Intermediary has launched 95% loan to value (LTV) mortgages to customers buying a...

New MD for APAC Systems

Peter Heigho has become managing director of specialist financial technology business APAC Systems. He has 25 years’...

New deals from the Teachers

The Teachers Building Society has launched four new purchase and remortgage products, including a...

Rate cuts and new BTL from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reduced the interest rates on four mortgages, including one...

Magellan unveils fixed rates

Magellan Homeloans has extended its credit repair product range to include a choice 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...

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