Mortgages

New deals from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has today unveiled a new range of mortgages. The new offering...

HTB1 activity still focused at lower end of property ladder

People buying homes using the Help to Buy equity loan scheme are only using...

Virgin Money offers free mortgage payments for 2015

Virgin Money has launched a new prize draw where one mortgage customer can have...

Accord cuts residential mortgage rates

Accord Mortgages has cut its residential rates by up to 0.15 percentage points across its two-year fixed...

Lenders need to take the regulatory lead, brokers say

66% of respondents to Shawbrook Bank’s Q3 Broker Barometer think lenders should be...

Santander unveils 1.84% two-year fix

Santander is launching its lowest ever two year fixed rate tomorrow (28 November). The...

10-year deals continue rise in popularity

The number of 10-year fixed rate mortgage deals on the market is rising, increasing...

Barclays launches rate cuts and new remortgage deals

Barclays has today announced a number of mortgage rate cuts along with the launch...

6% rise in London FTBs

The London market grew in the third quarter of 2014 in both house purchase...

Fleet Mortgages reveals product range

Fleet Mortgages has announced its first product range covering individual, limited company and houses...

Dudley BS: 2015 is the year of the self-employed

The Dudley Building Society is urging the lending sector to address self-employed lending gaps. The...

The Leeds to allow s106 lending

The Leeds Building Society is amending its lending criteria to help borrowers whose properties...

Jerrold Holdings extends and expands securitisation facility

Jerrold Holdings, Blemain's parent, has extended its revolving securitisation programme, while also increasing...

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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