Mortgages

Aldermore’s mortgage lending breaks through £1bn barrier

Aldermore has lent more than £1 billion worth of residential and commercial mortgage funding...

Platform cuts certain BTL rates

Platform has made changes to its buy-to-let range. The Co-operative Bank’s intermediary lender has...

Halifax unveils app for homebuyers

Halifax has launched a new smartphone app which it claims offers a ’one stop...

Lloyds TSB improves FTB deal

Lloyds TSB has made changes to its new fee saver mortgage for first-time buyers. ...

BoS extends stamp duty pledge

Bank of Scotland has extended of its pledge to pay half of the stamp...

Worrying insight into interest-only borrowers’ ‘strategies’

Only 23% of interest-only mortgage holders are regularly putting money away in order to...

L&G Mortgage Club links with IN Partnership

Legal & General Mortgage Club has undertaken a new strategic mortgage trading relationship with...

March rise in mutual mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders rose 58% in March...

Another lender ends interest-only for new borrowers

The Co-operative Bank has become the latest lender to stop lending to new customers...

Nationwide offers half price fees

Nationwide Building Society has launched a half price product fee offer on its range...

Nationwide gets tough with incomplete paper applications

Nationwide is to take a tougher stance over paper applications. From 16 May, the...

Halifax entends stamp duty pledge

Halifax has extended its pledge to pay half of all homebuyers stamp duty bill...

NatWest IS unveils new products

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced six new fixed rate purchase and remortgage deals to...

Skipton unveils new fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has today launched a new range of fixed rate mortgages for...

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The sourcing system effect in specialist lending

In specialist lending, the right fit for a client has never been as simple as picking the top rate from a list. In sectors like...

Why the Renters’ Rights Bill should be a wake-up call for advisers and landlords

The Renters’ Rights Bill is shaping up to be one of the most significant legislative changes to the private rented sector (PRS) in decades. Expected...

Living in a box. Am I living in a cardboard box?

More young people are living with their parents than ever before. The bank of Mum and Dad has evolved into the hotel of Mum and...

Accountants, brokers and the clash of expectations

There’s an old accountant’s joke about financial advisers: the difference between us is that advisers want to look richer than their clients, while accountants...

Rachel Geddes: Redefining what’s possible for brokers and borrowers

When Rachel Geddes picked up the phone after a job interview to ask her mum what a mortgage was, she didn’t realise she was...

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Chetwood Bank puts Alan Cleary back in the driving seat

Chetwood Bank has announced it has appointed respected industry expert Alan Cleary as interim...

Mortgage industry rallies behind Christmas charity concert

Momentum is building fast behind this year’s Christmas charity concert in aid of EveryYouth...

First-time buyers put at the heart of Treasury mortgage talks

The government will urge lenders to put first-time buyers at the top of their...

Target urges lenders to treat mortgage servicing as a strategic asset

Target Group has called on mortgage lenders to rethink their approach to servicing, arguing...