Mortgages

New Coventry Intermediaries range includes 90% LTV deal

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of flexible products, which includes two Flexx...

Precise unveils three-year fixes

Precise Mortgages has launched a set of exclusive products available through a select group...

3mc pilots with Shawbrook and Magellan

Mortgage distributor 3mc is providing packaging support to Shawbrook Bank and Magellan Homeloans, who...

The Leeds cuts two-year fixed rate

Leeds Building Society has reduced the rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage by...

LSL offers Skipton 85% LTV exclusive

LSL Property Services Group has agreed an exclusive 85% LTV mortgage with Skipton Building...

Shawbrook pilots mainstream buy-to-let proposition

Shawbrook Bank is piloting two new mainstream buy-to-let products with three of its...

FTB lending at highest level since 2007

Lending to first-time buyers has reached its largest quarterly total since 2007 with 68,200...

PMS & Sesame launch 95% LTV exclusive

Members of PMS and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to a...

Castle Trust to target those in relationship break-up

Castle Trust is to to start trying to target couples who are divorcing/splitting up...

Brokers see H1 boost in business

Brokers saw an improvement in business in the first half of 2013, according to...

Openwork offers Leeds exclusive

Openwork has secured two exclusive fixed mortgage deals with Leeds Building Society. The...

House purchase approvals up 21% year-on-year

July 2013 was the strongest July for house purchase lending since the financial crisis,...

New deals from Accord Buy to Let

Accord Buy to Let has unveiled a new product range, with rates starting from...

The Leeds moves into Help to Buy

Leeds Building Society has introduced its first set of Help to Buy products. The...

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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