Mortgages

The Leeds reduces Welcome Mortgage rates

The Leeds Building Society has cut the rates on its Welcome Mortgage range by...

New 1.99% deal from first direct

First direct has launched a 65% LTV 1.99% two-year fixed rate offset mortgage. It comes...

CML expects £200bn lending p.a. 2014-15

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated there was £17 billion of...

Sharp rise in number of mortgage products available

Consumers had a choice of over 12,000 mortgages products during November 2013, the first...

January launch for NatWest IS’s Help to Buy 2 deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has revealed it will be launching its Help to Buy: mortgage...

SFI raises maximum loan allowances

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has today increased its maximum loan allowance on its standard...

New deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched eight new mortgage products.  The deals are six new buy-to-let...

Lenders reveal aggregate mortgage data by postcode

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has for the first time published details of...

Great enthusiasm for low deposit deals

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that 40% of UK adults are planning...

Aldermore unveils Help to Buy 2 proposition

Aldermore has today launched its Help to Buy: mortgage guarantee range under the government’s...

New offices for Brightstar

Brightstar Financial has just opened its new purpose built offices in Billericay, Essex. Office space...

CML: lending to finish the year strongly

The total number of loans advanced to home-owners for house purchase rebounded strongly from...

CML: good grounds to be optimistic about 2014

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) is forecasting greater levels of activity in 2014...

NatWest changes residential fixed rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is tomorrow (10 December) cutting the rates on a number of...
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Busting the myths that stop homeowners protecting their income

In my role at LifeSearch, I spend a lot of time talking to mortgage advisers, brokers, and, increasingly, customers directly. One thing comes up time...

The 4.3 million borrowers your pipeline is probably missing

There are 4.3 million self-employed workers in the UK and nearly one in five self-employed workers plans to buy a property in the next...

Stop tinkering: Why mortgage tech needs a proper overhaul

Let’s be honest. If you work in the UK mortgage market right now, you know we’re all running pretty fast just to stand still. Between...

This is a different mortgage market and borrowers are reacting to it

It is important to be clear about what has changed in the mortgage market over the last month or so, because the latest data-specific...

The rise of larger deposits

The first-time buyer profile is changing. Increasingly, buyers are entering the market with larger deposits than at any point in recent years as many...

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The Swansea reports mortgage growth at AGM

Swansea Building Society has reported growth in assets, mortgages, savings and capital reserves for...
events

Wealthy Advisers Club draws more than 400 advisers to London conference

The Wealthy Advisers Club has held its latest flagship conference at Kensington Town Hall,...
Buy-to-let

CHL cuts buy-to-let rates by up to 25bps

CHL Mortgages has reduced rates across its short-term let and limited edition buy-to-let ranges. The...
Building Societies

Darlington cuts rates across buy-to-let and specialist ranges

Darlington Building Society has reduced mortgage rates by up to 50bps across its buy-to-let,...

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