Mortgages

The Mansfield reiterates HTB support

In light of the Halifax and Nationwide limiting access to their Help to Buy...

NBS removes fees from 10-year fix

Newcastle Building Society (NBS) has made its 10-year mortgage product fees free. The 4.49% fixed...

Mortgage Trust unveils new buy-to-let products

Mortgage Trust has refreshed its range of two year fixed rates and tracker buy-to-let...

New buy-to-let deals from Accord

Accord Buy to Let has added new products for the buy-to-let mortgage market. The intermediary-only...

Brightstar Financial recruits mortgage director

Brightstar Financial has hired Chris Bramham as director of mortgages. He will be responsible...

Signs that mortgage market is cooling down

The Bank of England has reported that number of mortgages approved during May fell...

Spencer Gale joins Magellan

Magellan Homeloans has appointed Spencer Gale as regional sales manager with responsibility for the...

The Leeds offers new shared ownership deal

Leeds Building Society is now offering borrowers who want a shared ownership mortgage a...

PTFS partners with eKeeper

Personal Touch Financial Services (PTFS) has joined forces with technology pioneer eKeeper to support...

New fixes from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched four new fixed rate mortgages at a...

Govt reveals Help to Buy figures

The Help to Buy scheme has helped 35,000 people to buy their own home,...

BoE proposes cap on 4.5x income mortgage exposure

According to the Bank of England’s latest Financial Stability Report, risks remain within the...

Phoebus reveals Ireland plans

Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) is launching into the Republic of Ireland. The firm is...

Castle Trust appoints head of sales

Castle Trust has promoted Alex Upton to the position of head of mortgage...

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...

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Japanese knotweed ‘knocks £21.4bn off UK housing market’

Japanese knotweed is wiping an estimated £21.4 billion from UK property values, with more...

Fleet Mortgages names new managing director

Fleet Mortgages has appointed Nicola Richardson as its new managing director. Richardson (pictured) has been...

The Monmouthshire goes live with Phoebus mortgage servicing system

Monmouthshire Building Society has gone live with Phoebus to support mortgage account servicing as...

NatWest completes first PEXA remortgage in two working days

NatWest has completed its first remortgage transaction through PEXA’s digital property completion platform within...

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