Mortgages

Paradigm offers exclusive five-year fix

Paradigm Mortgage Services has announced the launch of a new five year fixed-rate product...

Kensington Group sold by Investec

Investec has announced the sale of Kensington Group plc, together with certain other Investec...

Nationwide cuts rates

Nationwide is reducing rates by up to 0.70 percentage points across fixed and tracker...

New two-year range from the Skipton

Skipton Building Society has unveiled a new residential two-year fixed mortgage range with rates...

New resi range from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has announced the launch of a residential range with two and five-year...

AMI concerned with Mortgage Directive implementation

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has provided its initial response to the Treasury's...

Government moves to regulate buy-to-let

The Treasury has launched a consultation on incorporating new European regulations on mortgage lending into...

Small base rate rises would threaten many borrowers

Nearly two million homeowners wouldn't be able to afford mortgage repayments following a base...

CML unveils pre-election ‘manifesto’

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has published a housing market manifesto aimed at...

Skipton to cut its mortgage variable rate

Skipton Building Society is to lower its mortgage variable rate (MVR) from 5.49% to...

The Leeds to cut 10-year fixed rate

Leeds Building Society is cutting the rate of one of its longer term fixed...

Discount deal reductions by the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has cut the rates on a pair of two-year...

New resi range from Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has today launched a new residential mortgage product range. Fixed rates have...

New professional mortgage from the Teachers

The Teachers’ Building Society has unveiled a new professional mortgage product aimed at executives...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

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Leeds lending falls amid technology investment

Leeds Building Society completed £2bn of gross mortgage lending during the first half of...

Foundation revives buy-to-let products and cuts holiday let rates

Foundation Home Loans has refreshed its buy-to-let mortgage range, bringing back several products, adding...

UK residential property transactions edge higher in June

UK residential property transactions rose modestly in June, suggesting that underlying market activity is...

Buyers turn to 1.5 million homes rejected by mainstream lenders

About 1.5 million homes across Britain may fall outside mainstream mortgage criteria, according to...

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