Mortgages

Call for ‘truthful rethink’ on housing affordability as experts criticise outdated metrics

A leading housing expert has criticised the industry’s approach to affordability, warning that outdated...

L&C Mortgages launches exclusive 3-year fixed remortgage deals with MPowered Mortgages

L&C Mortgages has introduced a new range of exclusive three-year fixed rate remortgage products,...

Barclays cuts mortgage rates below 4%

Barclays is set to reduce mortgage rates by as much as 38 basis points...

UTB cuts mortgage rates and raises LTI cap to 6x income

United Trust Bank (UTB) has reduced rates across its entire residential mortgage product range...

The Coventry cuts mortgage pricing as swap rates ease

Coventry for intermediaries has announced a reduction in selected fixed mortgage rates, responding to...

The Mortgage Works trims buy-to-let rates

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the buy-to-let arm of Nationwide Building Society, has announced a...

Barclays offers zero deposit mortgage for Right to Buy applicants

Barclays will no longer require a deposit from borrowers purchasing a home under the...

Gen H reduces all rates up to and including 80% by up to 20 bps

Gen H has made sweeping rate cuts on all products up to and including...

Pepper Money reduces rates across entire range

Pepper Money has cut rates across its entire product range, with reductions of up...

Northern regions dominate buy-to-let market as landlords chase yields

Landlords are doubling down on high-yielding rental investments in the North of England, defying...

Remortgage activity surges while two-year fixes fall out of favour

The UK mortgage market showed signs of shifting sentiment in March, according to the...

Vernon BS targets high-value borrowers with new flexible mortgage product

Vernon Building Society has introduced a new three-year variable rate mortgage aimed at high-net-worth...

MPowered Mortgages reduces fixed rates in response to global tariff crisis

MPowered Mortgages has announced rate cuts across its full range of fixed-rate products, following...

UTB Mortgages partners with Next Intelligence

United Trust Bank Mortgages has joined forces with mortgage club Next Intelligence, marking a...

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...

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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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