Mortgages

The Yorkshire cuts rate on first-time buyer deal

The Yorkshire Building Society is cutting rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgage at...

CML: lending in Wales remains stable

New CML data on the characteristics of lending in Wales in the fourth quarter...

25% more FTBs in N. Ireland in 2014

Latest data from the CML on the characteristics of lending in Northern Ireland in...

FTB lending in Scotland up 23% last year

New Council of Mortgage Lenders' (CML) lending data in Scotland in the fourth quarter...

Slowing down in purchase lending in London

Greater London saw a decline in the level of house purchase and remortgage lending...

The Skipton reports 75% rise in pre-tax profits

The Skipton Building Society has announces its annual results for 2014. Its mortgage book grew...

Record figures for the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has posted record results for 2014. New residential mortgage lending increased...

Value of monthly gross remortgage lending up 20%

The latest figures from LMS reveal that the value of monthly gross remortgage lending...

CML issues its own election manifesto

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a new animated version of its...

Coventry Intermediaries cuts rates by up to 20 bps

Coventry Intermediaries has reduced its mortgage rates by 0.20 percentage points. New deals include the...

New products, reduced rates and fees from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has overhauled its mortgage range. It has launched new five-year fixed rate products,...

New zero fee deals from Santander

Santander has introduced new Loyalty range rates with zero booking fees. New deals include: 1.99% two...

Foundation Home Loans launches into buy-to-let market

Foundation Home Loans (FHL) has unveiled its buy-to-let proposition today. It will be distributed exclusively through the intermediary...

Record lending at the Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Building Society Group has published its results for 2014, its 150thanniversary year, as...

COMMENT

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

Buyers are already reacting to a Budget nobody has written

Andy Burnham ruled out changes to stamp duty on 27 July, a week into the job and days after reports that the government was...

The tech question is how, not if, we can use it

Recent adviser research from Nottingham Building Society underlines the appetite for greater use of technology across the mortgage process. The vast majority (89%) of...

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

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Mortgage Advice Bureau combines new-build businesses under Meridian Group

Mortgage Advice Bureau has completed the integration of three specialist new-build mortgage businesses into...

UTB restores 90% LTV second charge lending and cuts rates

United Trust Bank has reintroduced residential second charge lending at up to 90% loan-to-value...

AMI seeks adviser views for seventh protection study

Mortgage and protection advisers have been invited to contribute to the Association of Mortgage...

Unexpected moving costs hit 95% of recent homebuyers

Almost all recent UK homebuyers encountered unexpected costs during their move, research from property...

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