Mortgages

Platform cuts fixed mortgage rates

Platform has reduced its range of fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.2 percentage...

Buy-to-let boom predicted for 2015

Complete FS believes 2015 will be a bumper year for the buy-to-let market. The the...

The Co-op reduces rates

The Co-operative Bank has cut mortgage rates on a range of fixed mortgage deals. First-time buyers, remortgagers and...

Halifax surprised by borrowers shunning low rates

Borrowers currently on a standard variable rate could find substantial savings available by remortgaging,...

Accord reduces rates on 65% LTV deals

Accord Mortgages has cut rates on its fixed rate mortgages at 65% LTV. The intermediary-only lender has...

YBS unveils 1.18% two-year fix – with £1,369 fee

The Yorkshire Building Society has announced its lowest ever mortgage rate - a 1.18%...

First distributor for Foundation Home Loans revealed

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has added Foundation Home Loans (FHL) to its panel of...

New zero product fee mortgages from N&P

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) has launched two new mortgages. It is offering...

TFC Homeloans completes BTL refinance in three days

TFC Homeloans has revealed that it completed a £400,000 buy-to-let refinance deal which had...

Hinckley & Rugby advances up 8% last year

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society's mortgage advances rose by 8% to £111.9 million...

January gross mortgage lending down 11% year-on-year

Gross mortgage lending reached £14.3 billion in January, according to estimates from the Council...

L&G posts strong ‘with profits’ performance

Legal & General has reported a year of strong growth on the assets held...

Brightstar wants specialist lending “made easy”

Brightstar Financial has embarked on a strategic marketing initiative, in order to support intermediaries...

Record mortgage lending and retention for the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has reported strong financial results for 2014, when it has...

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...

Latest news

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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