Mortgages

15% monthly rise in number of BTL loans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed there were 18,100 buy-to-let loans in...

FSE 2015 dates announced

Front Events will be holding three Financial Services Expo shows next year. Starting...

MAB floats on AIM

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The firm said...

TBMC offers Hanley buy-to-let exclusive

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Hanley Economic Building Society. The...

The Newcastle unveils low free 80% LTV deal

The Newcastle Building Society (NBS) has launched a new 80% LTV mortgage. The new...

New low fixes from the Chelsea and the Yorkshire

Chelsea Building Society and Yorkshire Building Society have both launched new two-year fixed rate...

Proposed FCA social media rules “unrealistic”

  PR agency chiefs have rebuffed proposals that clients should be obliged to sign-off social...

Typical HTB2 deposit 87% lower than purchase market average

Those homebuyers using the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme (HTB2) had average...

CML reveals ‘Rising Stars’ winner

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has announce the winner of its Rising Stars...

The Leeds unveils fixed rate cuts

Leeds Building Society is cutting rates on its range of two and five year...

New buy-to-let fixes from the Skipton

The Skipton Building Society is launching a refreshed range of fixed rate buy-to-let products...

Pepper gains UKAR servicing contract

Pepper (UK) has been appointed as the servicer on the recently announced Slate No....

CML welcomes new member

Parity Trust is the latest lender to become a member of the Council of...

TMA and Pink Mortgage Club hold DA business conferences

LSL Property Services firms TMA and the Pink Mortgage Club are running a series...

COMMENT

Portfolio landlords reshape buy-to-let market

Portfolio landlords are becoming increasingly central to the buy-to-let market as investors take a more structured approach to property ownership. The market has seen a...

Supporting complex cases in a modern mortgage market

In today’s diverse mortgage landscape, brokers are working with a growing number of clients whose circumstances fall outside traditional lending models. From self-employed professionals...

Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

Latest news

360 Lifecycle adds Checkmyfile credit reporting link

360 Lifecycle has partnered with Checkmyfile to give advisers access to clients’ multi-agency credit...

Barclays cuts rates and launches sub-4% Premier tracker

Barclays will cut selected mortgage rates from Thursday 30 April and launch a Premier...

Millennials still locked out of homeownership

Only 5% of millennials have reached the life milestones they expected as teenagers, according...

Canada Life makes two executive committee appointments

Canada Life has appointed Rose St Louis as its first chief customer officer and...

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