Mortgages

Deflation could mean windfall for tracker borrowers

The announcement yesterday by the director general of the Bank of England Mark Carney...

UK heading for negative inflation

The governor of the Bank of England has warned that inflation could turn negative...

Repossessions at lowest level since 2006

The number of repossessions fell to 21,000 in 2014 - 26% fewer than the...

HML predicts repossession rate of 0.20% this year

HML has forecast that there will be 20,606 residential property repossessions in 2015. The forecast comes as the...

The Mansfield revamps affordability criteria

The Mansfield Building Society has updated its affordability criteria. Following analysis of data from the...

Fastest monthly increase in house purchase lending in six years

There were 65,778 house purchase approvals in January, chartered surveyor e.surv has reported. This...

TSB pilots 95% 10-year fix

TSB is launching a new range of fixed rate mortgages with up to 95%...

Fleet Mortgages reprices following broker feedback

Fleet Mortgages has introduced new lifetime tracker products and a number of price cuts...

New head of mortgages at Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has announced that Tracie Pearce, the mutual's head of savings,...

The Leeds hires new build specialist

The Leeds Building Society has appointed a new corporate account manager specialising in the...

Strong January for buy-to-let

Connells Survey and Valuation has reported that the buy-to-let sector surged ahead of other...

New corporate brand for Mortgage Intelligence

Mortgage Intelligence has changed the look and feel of its corporate brand, as part...

FTBs target for new Barclays stepped deals

Barclays has introduced two fixed rate stepped mortgages. The are designed to help reduce the...

New deals from the Chelsea

The Chelsea Building Society is reducing mortgages across its range by up to 40bps. The...
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COMMENT

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...
Loans

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...
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AMI seeks adviser views for seventh protection study

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