Mortgages

BBA: Housing market cooling continues

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has revealed that the slowdown in the mortgage market...

18% rise in Paragon’s pre-tax profits

The Paragon Group has reported pre-tax profits of £122.2 million, which represents an 18.1%...

Worst October for remortgaging since recession

The number of remortgage loans last month fell by 15% to 23,505, according to...

IMLA calls for MMR review on lending into retirement

A new report from the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) has warned that mortgage...

Time to act in the spirit of MMR

There have been some whisperings around the mortgage market that a number of lenders...

SMS expands lending panel

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has added The Mansfield Building Society to its panel of...

Metro Bank cuts two-year mortgage rates

Metro Bank has cut rates on its residential two-year fixed rate and tracker mortgages. For...

New 65% LTV deals from First Direct

First Direct has today introduced a pair of fixed rate mortgages for borrowers with...

Tesco Bank adds new fixes to mortgage range

Tesco Bank has cut the interest rate on a number of its mortgages by...

87 purchase & remo deals to be cut by NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is introducing rate reductions to the majority of its core intermediary range...

Mark Snape leaves Magellan

Mark Snape, managing director of lending for Magellan Homeloans, is leaving the company. Snape (pictured)...

5% month-on-month rise in gross mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending reached £19 billion in October, according to estimates by the Council...

The Skipton reduces two-year fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has cut interest rates by up to 0.56 percentage points on...

TMW changes product offering

The Mortgage Works (TMW) will be making changes to its new business and existing...
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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...
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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...
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UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

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