Mortgages

HTB2: HSBC to sell products on advised-basis in branch

HSBC has become the latest lender to confirm participation in the Help to Buy...

Rate cuts from the Post Office

The Post Office has cut rates across its range of mortgages. The rate on its...

The Leeds unveils two-year BoE tracker

Leeds Building Society has launched a two-year base rate tracker mortgage at 2.39%....

New deals from the Coventry

Coventry Building Society has launched a new residential range. Two-year fixed rates now start...

Tesco Bank unveils new fixed rates

Tesco Bank has refreshed its mortgage range. New deals include two and three-year fixed rate,...

The Teachers cuts rates

The Teachers Building Society has lowered the rates on two of its mortgage products. ...

Santander for Intermediaries strengthens fixed rate offering

Santander for Intermediaries is launching a new fixed rate product range tomorrow. It is a...

Accord Mortgages cuts selected rates

Accord Mortgages has reduced rates on a number of fixed rate products by up...

Hinckley & Rugby teams up with TenetLime

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society’s mortgages are now available to TenetLime. TenetLime’s appointed representatives and...

Virgin Money makes mortgage rate cuts

Virgin Money has made changes to its residential mortgage range. Key residential changes: Mortgages for those...

New trackers and discounted deals from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of two year tracker and discounted...

SFI improves buy-to-let criteria

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) has made changes to its lending criteria for buy-to-let applications. The...

Nationwide makes widespread rate cuts

The Nationwide Building Society has made reductions across its fixed and tracker mortgage range. All...

BBA: consumer confidence is growing

Gross mortgage borrowing of £9.3bn in August was higher than in July and above...

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...

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...

Is life insurance too confusing to buy?

While there are peaks and troughs depending on where we look, the UK life insurance market is typically quite flat, including mortgage-related protection. Recent data...

Latest news

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,...

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £2.4m development finance facility for a mixed-use scheme in...

The Mansfield reports record mortgage lending for second year running

Mansfield Building Society has reported record mortgage lending for the second successive year, after...

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