Mortgages

Lowest ever fixes from Nationwide

Nationwide has cut all two-year fixed rates available up to 70% loan to value...

Improving fortunes for ‘second steppers’

Home affordability for so-called 'second steppers'  has improved in the past year as a...

HSBC makes first-time buyer ‘pledge’

HSBC has launched ‘First for First-Time Buyers', pledging that its range of 90% LTV...

New deals from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a range including two, three and five-year fixed rates starting from...

Mutual lending at highest levels since January 2010

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £4.0 billion in...

Kensington improves buy-to-let proposition

Kensington has revamped its buy-to-let mortgage range, reducing rates by up to 0.50 percentage points...

New remortgage products from BM Solutions

BM Solutions has unveiled two new fixed rate products for remortgage customers. Buy-to-let remortgage customers...

Borrowers opting for five years of security

New research by Yorkshire Building Society suggests more borrowers are choosing to fix their...

New buy-to-let deals from Accord

Accord Buy to Let has launched a new range of five year fixed rate...

FTBs strengthen Q2 house purchase activity

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that first-time buyers accounted for 11,200...

Sesame Bankhall Group hosts Mortgage Extra Live events

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is embarking upon its latest series of UK-wide mortgage seminars...

SMS markets new GE Money range

SMS says it is is one of a small number of companies chosen to...

Sesame ARs offered remortgage exclusive

Sesame network's appointed representatives (ARs) now have access to a new exclusive remortgage-only...

The Teachers alters buy-to-let criteria

Teachers Building Society has made improvements to the criteria on its buy-to-let products. The...
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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...

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Buy-to-let

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...
Building Societies

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,...
Development finance

HTB backs £2.4m Mitcham scheme

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