Mortgages

Remortgage market to return to growth in 2013

Monthly gross remortgage lending fell by £404m in December to £2.7bn, according to LMS's...

Leeds reduces share ownership rate

The Leeds Building Society has lowered the rate on its two-year fixed rate shared...

Chelsea makes fixed rate cuts

The Chelsea has cut rates on short term fixed rate mortgages by up to...

New base rate trackers from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has cut the interest rates on its two-year base rate tracker...

CML more positive than 12 months ago

Gross mortgage lending in December reached an estimated £11.7 billion, according to the Council...

PMS/Sesame launch exclusive product with the Furness

PMS mortgage club members and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to...

TBMC lowers Skipton three-year buy-to-let fixed rates

TBMC is now offering two new three-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages with Skipton Building...

Scotland has UK’s second most affordable mortgages

Mortgage payments as a proportion of income have fallen by more than two-fifths in...

Platform reduces mainstream fixed rate mortgages

Platform has cut the rates on its fixed rate mainstream mortgages by up to...

Clydesdale Bank unveils new interest-only proposition

Clydesdale Bank is launching what it claims to be a "unique" mortgage product, as well...

Lower rates from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society has reduced rates on its two-year fixed rate mortgages by...

Coventry Intermediaries cuts rates by up to 0.50bps

Coventry Intermediaries has reduced rates on its range of two and five-year fixed rates.  New...

Post Office unveils its lowest mortgage rates

The Post Office has introduced its lowest ever two, three and five year fixed...

6% rise in number of house purchase loans

Increased activity in the first-time buyer sector, as well as among home movers, contributed...

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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