Mortgages

New BDM for Crystal Specialist Finance

Crystal Specialist Finance has appointed Neil Elvish as business development manager (BDM) for the...

The Teachers returns to the buy-to-let market

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new buy-to-let products. The deals are a purchase...

Virgin Money enhances new build policy

Virgin Money has made improvements to its new build mortgage policy. The three main changes...

Precise Mortgages launches debt management plans

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a new exclusive debt management plan (DMP) mortgage available through...

Pepper Homeloans launches into the UK specialist mortgage market

Pepper (UK) is formally launching its specialist range of mortgage products today after a...

Buy-to-let surges while first time buyer activity recedes

Latest research from Connells Survey and Valuation has found that property valuations for buy-to-let...

Brightstar to launch sourcing system in Q3

Brightstar announces forthcoming ‘easysource’ sourcing system Brightstar will be launching a sourcing system for intermediaries...

New fee free deals from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched a series of new mortgage rates. The rates include a range...

30% of brokers expect fee hike

The Nottingham Building Society has stated that average fees on 'best buy' fixed rate...

The Dudley targets larger loans

The Dudley Building Society has unveiled three new products through its panel of distributor...

New HNW deals from Precise

Precise Mortgages has unveiled a set of exclusive buy-to-let products aimed at the high net...

Trio joins Investec

Investec has made three appointments to its mortgage team. Robert Evans joins the professional mortgage team...

Nationwide to cut loyalty rate mortgages

The Nationwide Building Society will tomorrow (10 June) cut selected two and three-year fixed...

Accord Mortgages unveils fee-free deals

Accord Mortgages has launched a range of 20 fee-free fixed-rate mortgages with either £250...

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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