Mortgages

Santander cuts high LTV rates

Santander has reduced rates on its 95% LTV two-year fixed Help to Buy mortgage...

Virgin Money cuts residential mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made a number of changes to its residential mortgage range, which include...

Aldermore hires home counties relationship manager

Sarah McCawley has joined the residential mortgages team at Aldermore as a field-based relationship...

Axis Bank adds TBMC to its launch panel

TBMC has added Axis Bank to its buy-to-let panel. Axis Bank is entering the...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks launch cashback offer

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have launched another £1,000 cashback mortgage offer for homebuyers, as well...

Intermediaries split over MMR effects

Mortgage intermediaries are divided on the impact of the Mortgage Market Review (MMR) on...

Investec Private Bank starts mortgage marketing drive

Investec has begun a new broker marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness of its...

FHL unveils first time landlord product

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has launched an intermediary product with fixed and discounted rate...

Complete FS launches online sourcing

Twenty7Tec, a provider of online sourcing systems, has today announced that Complete FS, mortgage...

Peter Curran joins Countrywide plc

Countrywide plc has appointed Peter Curran to its financial services division, effective from 1...

Mortgage Brain appoints new national account manager

Mortgage Brain has appointed Chris Brown as one of its new national account managers. ...

New Virgin Money exclusives for L&G

Legal & General Mortgage Club and Virgin Money have launched an exclusive range of...

Highest ever asking price of £286,133, says Rightmove

Rightmove has reported that the price of property coming to market has hit a...

‘Mortgage Freedom Day’ pushed back eight days

Halifax said last Saturday (18 April) was this year’s UK Mortgage Freedom Day. It is calculated...

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

HSBC eases fixed-term contract criteria for residential borrowers

HSBC has widened its residential lending criteria for certain applicants employed on fixed-term contracts. Medical...

Stamp duty and community ties stall downsizing

Nearly three in five over-65s have considered downsizing but stamp duty, family ties and...

Fairfax steps down as Catalyst CEO

Catalyst Property Finance founder Chris Fairfax is stepping down as chief executive following the...

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...

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