Mortgages

New deals and rate cuts from Santander for Intermediaries

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is launching a new range of zero booking fee remortgage...

The North drives high LTV lending recovery

High LTV house purchase lending rose 47% year-on-year in August, as lending to high...

Post Office cuts rates

Post Office has introduced new mortgage rates. The rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage...

FTB growth buoys July mortgage lending

Gross UK mortgage lending rose 12% in July to £16.7 billion, up from £14.9...

New buy-to-let deal from the Hinckley & Rugby

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched a new buy-to-let mortgage at an...

High street mortgage lending recovers

High street lending has bounced back in 2013, according to the latest edition of...

First Complete unveils Nottingham semis

The Nottingham Building Society has launched a semi-exclusive range of a dozen residential and...

Castle Trust offers ‘family friendly’ mortgage

Castle Trust is launching a new mortgage product specifically designed to support couples who...

Saffron For Intermediaries pulls Special Situations products

Saffron For Intermediaries has withdrawn its existing mortgage range. Peter Izard, head of mortgages...

The Leeds offers 95% LTV exclusive

LSL Property Services Group and Leeds Building Society have launched an exclusive 95% LTV...

First direct cuts mortgage rates

First direct has cut the rates on 11 of its offset and repayment mortgages by up to...

Magellan Homeloans claims positive broker reaction

Magellan Homeloans says it has received significant interest from brokers since its launch a...

Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks unveil free free range

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have unveiled a range of fee free mortgages offers for...

Metro Bank cuts mortgage rates

Metro Bank has cut mortgage rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage range. Prices...

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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