Mortgages

New deals from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has announced a new range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage products. The...

Fall in popularity of two-year buy-to-let fixes

Paragon Mortgages has revealed that in the second quarter there was a 4% reduction...

RBS & NatWest fined for mortgage sale failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest...

BBA: £11bn in gross mortgage borrowing

Gross mortgage borrowing in July totalled £10.9 billion, according to the British Bankers' Association...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks unveil new range

Today has seen the launch of a new range of mortgages from Clydesdale and...

Virgin Money announces rate reductions

Virgin Money has made reductions to selected fixed rate and tracker products within its buy-to-let...

Barclays makes a number of rate cuts

Barclays has launched new and reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.20 percentage points...

Correctly packagers apps more vital than ever

One of the consequences of the introduction of new MMR requirements is that brokers...

High LTV lending recovering

Last month represented the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

Magellan partners with Payplan

Specialist credit repair lender Magellan Homeloans is working with Payplan Financial Services (PFS) to...

New five-year deals from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society is adding two new five-year fixed rate mortgages tomorrow (14...

CML to run ideas competition

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is inviting anyone with constructive ideas to improve...

Two new five-year fixes from Virgin Money

Virgin Money has launched two new products for remortgage customers, which have no product...

NatWest IS makes rate cuts

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing a number of rate reductions of between 10-40bps on residential...

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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