Mortgages

Rising consumer confidence in Welsh housing market

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) in Wales welcomed a new chair at its...

First Complete membership reaches 1,000

The number of appointed representatives in First Complete network has now passed the 1,000...

CML estimates slight monthly fall in gross lending

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that total gross lending in April...

The Teachers’ Help to Buy now available for remortgage

The Teachers Building Society has widened the availability of its Help to Buy mortgage,...

‘Mortgage prisoners’ targeted by Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries is offering mortgage prisoners the chance to remortgage under the terms...

FS firms under threat from cyber attacks

Financial services firms must take data security more seriously and adapt their strategies to...

Aldermore celebrates sixth birthday

Aldermore is celebrating six years in business. The lender was founded during the economic downturn...

Mortgage Brain delighted by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has hailed the launch of its new ‘Give it a Go’ events...

Kensington unveils marketing toolkit for brokers

Specialist lender Kensington has launched a Marketing Toolkit with the aim of helping brokers...

Nationwide to cut rates tomorrow

The Nationwide Building Society is making a series of rate reductions across its mortgage...

Celebrations at LendInvest

LendInvest is celebrating its second anniversary today. During that time it has lent over £300m...

GE Money Home Lending introduces 1.99% deal

GE Money Home Lending (GEMHL) has cut its two-year discount rate by 0.95 percentage points to give...

Accord reduces two-year BTL deals at 60% LTV

Accord Buy-To-Let has cut rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgages by 0.15 percentage points for borrowers...

FTB loans down 5% year-on-year

Total number of loans advanced to first-time buyers in March was 23,000 - up 20%...

COMMENT

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....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

Latest news

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...

Rely cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

Rely has reduced rates by up to 25 basis points across a range of...

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