Mortgages

Online mortgage applications “set to double”

16% of homeowners applied for their current mortgage online and this is set to...

New deals from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched new low rates on fixed rate and Flexx for Term...

NatWest and RBS pass lending milestone

NatWest and RBS have passed the £100 billion mortgage lending mark to UK customers. The...

Kent Reliance updates buy-to-let offering

Kent Reliance, part of OneSavings Bank plc, has unveiled its new large loan buy-to-let...

Homeowners expect rates to rise this year

New research from Equifax shows that homeowners are already anticipating an increase in mortgage...

Profits double at RBS

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced a pre-tax profit of £1.b billion for the...

Large fall in outstanding interest-only debt

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported a significant reduction in outstanding interest-only...

Post Office widens mortgage distribution

The Post Office, in partnership with its financial services provider Bank of Ireland UK,...

Blemain changes buy-to-let offering

Blemain Finance has updated its buy-to-let proposition. Key features include reduced rates across all...

Pair of new discounts deals from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched two new mortgages. Both are are three-year discounted rate...

Lloyds lent £342m under Help to Buy

Lloyds Banking Group has reported underlying profit increased 22% to £1.8 billion in the...

Kensington gets rid of administration fee

Kensington has removed the administration fee from all current products and introduced new incentives...

75% LTV is competitive area for buy-to-let

The first quarter of the year saw the availability of buy-to-let mortgage products one-third...

Kelly report into Co-op reveals management failings

The independent review chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly into the events that led to...

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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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...

Ceta launches renewal hub for intermediaries on Infinity Portal

Ceta has launched a new Renewal Hub on its Infinity Portal, giving intermediaries a...

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