Mortgages

Fall in gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending is fell to £10.5 billion in February, according to latest...

New 75% LTV fixes from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed rates available...

Remortgagors opt for longer-term fixes

The highest average remortgage loan to value (LTV) recorded since January 2009 coincided with...

Housing market consumer sentiment improves

The Building Societies' Association's March Property Tracker reveals that access to mortgage finance as...

The Teachers improves buy-to-let product

The Teachers Building Society has improved the loan calculation on its buy-to-let mortgage...

The Chelsea improves two-year fix

Chelsea Building Society has lowered the rate of one of its two-year fixed rate...

FTB activity drives home purchase lending increase

House purchase lending recorded its highest January total since 2008, according to new data...

New AFI ‘seven-day special’

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (15 March) launch its latest 'seven-day special', available...

Majority of intermediaries expect lending rise in 2013

80% of intermediaries think there will be a rise in mortgage lending in 2013,...

Pair of 95% LTV deals from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced new 95% loan to value mortgages. The two new...

New direct-only deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched six new branch/direct exclusive residential mortgage products. Rates on...

New commitments up 3% in Q4 2012

The FSA has published its latest Mortgage Lending Data for the United Kingdom covering...

New buy-to-let deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let mortgages whilst cutting rates on...

Significant fall in house sales from mortgage difficulties

The number of homes given up in England each year between 2010 and 2012...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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