Mortgages

Skipton replaces 10-year deal

Skipton Building Society is replacing another of its longer term fixed rate products due...

Accord reduces rates on five-year deals

Accord Mortgages has unveiled new 75% LTV five-year hybrid and fixed rate products, cutting...

First direct makes rate cuts

First direct has reduced rates on all of its standard and fee free mortgage...

Blemain: BTL seconds up 40%

Blemain Finance has claimed that buy-to-let second charge lending has risen by 40% in...

New BTL range from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched buy-to-let deals with flat fees and no ERCs The new range...

Aldermore unveils limited edition buy-to-let deals

Aldermore Residential Mortgages has launched a range of limited edition buy-to-let remortgage deals. They are...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts rates

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates across its mortgage range. A 90% LTV two-year fixed rate...

Barclays the latest to cut rates

Barclays is reducing the rates on six of its fixed rates mortgages by up...

Nationwide reduces fixed and tracker rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting fixed and tracker rates by up to 0.40 percentage...

Slump in mortgage approvals last month

Gross mortgage lending of £7.2 billion in June was below the six-month average and...

Average rental yields are over 6.0%: TBMC

In the second quarter of 2012 the average buy-to-let variable rate was 4.10% compared...

Portfolio expansion driving buy-to-let market

There has been a rise in landlord clients applying for buy-to-let mortgages to expand...

Virgin Money to buy NRAM assets

Virgin Money is to buy £465 million of NRAM mortgage assets from UK Asset...

All 99 and no flake

The news a couple of months ago of the resignation of Adrian Bloomfield from...

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Collaboration, not quick fixes, must drive the next phase of reform

As we edge closer to the autumn Budget, the housing market finds itself in a familiar state of anticipation and uncertainty. Inflation remains stubbornly high,...

Goodbye Piccadilly; farewell Leicester Square!

It is indeed a long way to Tipperary, even longer if you take one of those dodgy rickshaws that proliferate the London’s West End....

Navigating the end of ‘Covid mortgages’: strategic insights for brokers

This year marks a significant turning point in the UK mortgage market as many homeowners reach the end of their covid mortgage, where many...

Why limited company lending is now the real buy-to-let mainstream

It’s funny how quickly the market changes its rhythm. Not long ago, limited company buy-to-let felt like a specialist niche, the preserve of portfolio...

TOM BILL: Lower borrowing costs offer Treasury respite

The length of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s observation window – the period when it takes a snapshot of the economy to inform its...

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Vida expands BTL range with flexible Let to Move option

Vida Homeloans has broadened its specialist buy-to-let proposition with the launch of Let to...

Perenna expands long-term fixed rate range

Perenna has broadened its range of long-term fixed rate mortgages, introducing new seven, 10...

High rents leave young adults stuck sharing homes they have outgrown

Rising rents are trapping young adults in house shares they would rather have left...

UTB backs FMB initiative to turn small builders into future developers

United Trust Bank has joined forces with the Federation of Master Builders to support...

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