Mortgages

Average deposit grows for fourth successive month

Mortgage Advice Bureau says its latest data show that homebuyers are increasingly taking full...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has cut a number of rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges.  Key...

Coventry Intermediaries unveils new buy-to-let range

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range for buy-to-let investors including two and five-year...

The Leeds unveils new buy-to-let deals

Leeds Building Society has relaunched its range of short term fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages,...

New 1.99% deal from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new two year Base Rate tracker mortgage with...

Remortgaging down 12% from last year

Latest figures from LMS reveal that the average remortgage loan has risen to £163,161...

Panacea Adviser partners with Mortgage Brain

Panacea Adviser, the online community and resource for financial advisers, has announced Mortgage Brain...

Gross lending up 50% year-on-year at the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society has increased core operating profit by 30% and new lending by...

Virgin Money removes HTB minimum income requirement

Virgin Money is removing the £30,000 minimum income threshold for mortgage products which make...

L&G to offer Mortgage Brain sourcing

Legal & General is offering Mortgage Brain’s sourcing system as one of its...

Paragon posts “strong” operating profits

The Paragon Group of Companies has posted results for the period 1 April 2014...

The Leeds revamps two-year range

Leeds Building Society has cut rates on some two year fixed rate deals by...

Buy-to-let product numbers at six-year high

The number of products on the market to service the growing interest in buy-to-let...

Family Building Society partners with Brilliant Solutions

The newly launched Family Building Society has begun outsourcing its mortgage origination processing to...

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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