Mortgages

Buy-to-let lending down 5% on previous quarter

New buy-to-let lending in the first quarter of 2012 totalled £3.7 billion (32,300 loans),...

AFI makes changes to criteria

Abbey for Intermediaries is tomorrow (11 May) introducing a minimum loan size of £25,000...

Paradigm unveils Chorley exclusives

Paradigm Mortgage Services has launched three new product exclusives with Chorley Building Society. The...

Aldermore’s mortgage lending breaks through £1bn barrier

Aldermore has lent more than £1 billion worth of residential and commercial mortgage funding...

Platform cuts certain BTL rates

Platform has made changes to its buy-to-let range. The Co-operative Bank’s intermediary lender has...

Halifax unveils app for homebuyers

Halifax has launched a new smartphone app which it claims offers a ’one stop...

Lloyds TSB improves FTB deal

Lloyds TSB has made changes to its new fee saver mortgage for first-time buyers. ...

BoS extends stamp duty pledge

Bank of Scotland has extended of its pledge to pay half of the stamp...

Worrying insight into interest-only borrowers’ ‘strategies’

Only 23% of interest-only mortgage holders are regularly putting money away in order to...

L&G Mortgage Club links with IN Partnership

Legal & General Mortgage Club has undertaken a new strategic mortgage trading relationship with...

March rise in mutual mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders rose 58% in March...

Another lender ends interest-only for new borrowers

The Co-operative Bank has become the latest lender to stop lending to new customers...

Nationwide offers half price fees

Nationwide Building Society has launched a half price product fee offer on its range...

Nationwide gets tough with incomplete paper applications

Nationwide is to take a tougher stance over paper applications. From 16 May, the...

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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...

How social media has transformed financial services

As SM Advice celebrates its first year it’s hard to ignore just how much social media has changed for financial services - and for...

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L&G extends flexibility on increasing cover to existing policyholders

Legal & General has announced that customers with existing increasing cover protection policies will...

Aspen completes £1m development exit bridge in 10 days

Aspen Bridging has completed a £1.05m development exit bridge for a returning client in...

Aldermore announces new invoice finance appointment

Aldermore has appointed Scott Pendlebury as business development manager for the North within its...

HTB lends £8m for prime Manchester office scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has provided an £8.28 million facility to Soller Nine to...