Mortgages

Barclays unveils best ever limited edition fixed remos

Barclays has launched its best ever limited edition fixed rate products. The deals are available...

MortgageSource adopted by HomeLoan Partnership

MortgageSource, Twenty7Tec's cloud based mortgage sourcing system, has been selected by national mortgage network...

HLP expands provider panel

TFC Homeloans has been appointed to the HLP broker network’s panel of providers.  After revealing...

Highest number of FTBs for eight years

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that gross mortgage lending reached £16.5...

Rise in number of borrowers opting for variable rates

10% of mortgage applicants to Mortgage Advice Bureau in December opted for variable rates....

GE Money cuts rates by 60bps

GE Money Home Lending has reduced rates for new mortgage customers by 0.6 percentage points. It is...

Highest deposit levels since October 2013

The latest National Mortgage Index from Mortgage Advice Bureau has revealed that average house...

The Leeds changes attitude to gifted deposits

The Leeds Building Society has moved to simplify its policy on gifted deposits...

Longer-term fixed rate cuts by the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has unveiled a new 10-year fixed rate deal which it...

The Nationwide slashes Save to Buy rates

The Nationwide Building Society has cut all of its 95% LTV Save to Buy...

TSB Intermediary aims to “do things differently”

TSB mortgages are now available via the mortgage intermediary channel, as it seeks to...

Paradigm launches three different event formats

Paradigm Mortgage Services has published its events timetable for the first five months of the...

New resi and BTL rates from Metro Bank

Metro Bank is tomorrow cutting rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges. New...

Highest number of homemovers for seven years

The number of homeowners moving home rose by 8% last year, according to the...

COMMENT

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...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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