Mortgages

Virgin Money rolls out Help to Buy deals ahead of schedule

Virgin Money has unveiled new 95% and 90% loan-to-value (LTV) residential mortgages as...

GE Money cuts rates following intermediary feedback

GE Money Home Lending is reducing rates on loans over £250,000 by up to...

New light refurb deal from Kent Reliance

Kent Reliance has unveiled a buy-to-let light refurbishment product designed for professional landlords. The...

6% rise in house purchase approvals

The number of loans advanced to homebuyers in November surpassed 70,000 for the...

Complete FS praises Kent Reliance’s BTL stance

Complete FS believes the offerings of buy-to-let lenders such as Kent Reliance, which has...

The Skipton unveils new deals

The Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of mortgages.  Key deals are as...

New BTL range from Virgin Money

Virgin Money will improve its buy-to-let mortgage offering on Tuesday 3 December. New buy-to-let fixed...

New 80%-90% LTV deals from SfI

Santander for Intermediaries is launching a new range of higher loan–to–value (LTV) products on...

Majority of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Mortgages for Business has forecast that buy-to-let lending will reach £25 billion by the...

New mortgages from the Post Office

The Post Office has today launched a range of new mortgage products. The new deals...

BoE reports rise in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has revealed that loan approvals for house purchase numbered 67,701...

No more Funding for Lending help for mortgages

The Bank of England and the Treasury have changed the terms of the Funding...

The Nottingham offers more to intermediaries

The Nottingham Building Society has cut the rate on its three-year discounted rate 80%...

New three-year exclusive from the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society has launched an exclusive three-year fixed rate product to members...

COMMENT

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...

Latest news

The Swansea reports mortgage growth at AGM

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

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,...

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...

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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