Mortgages

E.surv: purchase mortgage market is self-correcting

House purchase approval figures improved last month after three consecutive months of slowdown as...

Seven rates cut by the Hinckley & Rugby

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut rates on seven of its mortgages. The...

Mortgage Trust revamps product range

Mortgage Trust has changed rates across its fixed and tracker rate mortgages. The range includes...

Fleet Mortgages launches website

Fleet Mortgages has launched its new website at www.fleetmortgages.co.uk. The new website contains information...

Nationwide makes loyalty rate mortgage reductions

Nationwide is cutting selected three-year fixed rates for existing Nationwide mortgage customers looking for...

CML: lending market healthier than 12 months ago

Total gross lending in September was £18.1 billion, according to the Council of Mortgage...

15% monthly rise in number of BTL loans

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed there were 18,100 buy-to-let loans in...

FSE 2015 dates announced

Front Events will be holding three Financial Services Expo shows next year. Starting...

MAB floats on AIM

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The firm said...

TBMC offers Hanley buy-to-let exclusive

TBMC has launched a new exclusive buy-to-let mortgage with Hanley Economic Building Society. The...

The Newcastle unveils low free 80% LTV deal

The Newcastle Building Society (NBS) has launched a new 80% LTV mortgage. The new...

New low fixes from the Chelsea and the Yorkshire

Chelsea Building Society and Yorkshire Building Society have both launched new two-year fixed rate...

Proposed FCA social media rules “unrealistic”

  PR agency chiefs have rebuffed proposals that clients should be obliged to sign-off social...

Typical HTB2 deposit 87% lower than purchase market average

Those homebuyers using the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme (HTB2) had average...

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,...

Latest news

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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