Mortgages

New professional mortgage from the Teachers

The Teachers’ Building Society has unveiled a new professional mortgage product aimed at executives...

Santander cuts rates

Santander is reducing rates by up to 0.25 percentage points across its residential mortgage...

No let-up in HTB demand for NatWest/RBS

NatWest and RBS say they are continuing to see strong demand from first-time...

Accord cuts five-year rates

Accord has reduced a selection of its five-year fixed rate mortgages by 0.10 percentage...

FTBs bedrock of Aldermore’s Help to Buy customer base

Following government Help to Buy statistics published today, Aldermore has revealed figures showing that...

Over half of homeowners will struggle with rate rise

Research commissioned by credit information provider Equifax and carried out by YouGov shows that...

HSBC unveils fee-free remortgage range

HSBC is now offering a new range of low rate remortgage products with no...

TMA offers exclusive Virgin Money mortgages

Virgin Money has unveiled a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgages available exclusively...

New seminar theatres for Financial Services Expo

Financial Services Expo (FSE) London has announced a range of new seminar theatres to...

House purchase lending returns to “robust health”

The number of loan approvals for house purchase was 66,569 in July, compared to...

Post Office offers 1.98% two-year fix

Post Office has unveiled a range of new mortgage deals. The new range includes a...

Metro Bank rejigs resi and BTL offerings

Metro Bank has revised its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. For residential mortgages under...

First Direct cuts fixed rates

First Direct is reducing all fixed rate mortgages in its range as well as...

Accord Buy-to-Let cuts rates

Accord Buy-to-Let has cut some of its mortgages by 0.25 percentage points as well...

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

Skipton targets brokers with ‘yes-led’ push

Skipton Building Society has launched a new intermediary proposition aimed at improving access to lending...

MPC call ‘not the headline’ says Loan.co.uk chief

Ahead of this week’s Bank of England decision the focus for brokers should be...

Paragon adds limited edition 75% LTV buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Bank has launched six limited edition five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products, including new...

Kensington cuts buy-to-let rates across core range

Kensington Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range, including its Prime, Core...

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