Mortgages

Growth in mutual mortgage lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £2.5 billion in...

The Leeds extends BTL fix

Leeds Building Society has extended its fixed rate buy-to-let deal, at 5.99% for two...

New mainstream deals from Platform

Platform will tomorrow refresh its mainstream product range, with rate reductions of up to...

Brokers can take on direct lenders with Precise deal: Brightstar

Brightstar Financial is offering a 2.89%, two-year fixed rate prime purchase deal from Precise...

YBS unveils 60% LTV direct deals

The Yorkshire Building Society has expanded its mortgage range with the launch of new...

The Skipton cuts fixed rates

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on a selection of its residential two, three...

MMR: FSA makes change to advised sales

The FSA has made a change in the final rules of the Mortgage Market...

MMR: won’t reinvigorate housing market, says IMLA

The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), has given approval to certain elements in...

MMR: AMI gives cautious support

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has claimed that lobbying work by trade bodies...

MMR: FSA publishes final rules

The FSA has published the final rules stemming from its Mortgage Market Review (MMR). They...

MMR: no interest-only ban

The FSA is not to ban interest-only mortgages, having published its final rules of...

Nationwide makes further rate cuts

Nationwide Building Society has cut rates across the majority of its fixed rate mortgages...

Keystone improves BTL criteria

Keystone Buy to Let Mortgages has made changes its lending criteria and is now...

New BTL exclusive offered by TBMC

TBMC has launched a new exclusive two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage with the Hinckley...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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