Mortgages

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has cut a number of rates across its residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges.  Key...

Coventry Intermediaries unveils new buy-to-let range

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range for buy-to-let investors including two and five-year...

The Leeds unveils new buy-to-let deals

Leeds Building Society has relaunched its range of short term fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages,...

New 1.99% deal from the Leeds

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new two year Base Rate tracker mortgage with...

Remortgaging down 12% from last year

Latest figures from LMS reveal that the average remortgage loan has risen to £163,161...

Panacea Adviser partners with Mortgage Brain

Panacea Adviser, the online community and resource for financial advisers, has announced Mortgage Brain...

Gross lending up 50% year-on-year at the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society has increased core operating profit by 30% and new lending by...

Virgin Money removes HTB minimum income requirement

Virgin Money is removing the £30,000 minimum income threshold for mortgage products which make...

L&G to offer Mortgage Brain sourcing

Legal & General is offering Mortgage Brain’s sourcing system as one of its...

Paragon posts “strong” operating profits

The Paragon Group of Companies has posted results for the period 1 April 2014...

The Leeds revamps two-year range

Leeds Building Society has cut rates on some two year fixed rate deals by...

Buy-to-let product numbers at six-year high

The number of products on the market to service the growing interest in buy-to-let...

Family Building Society partners with Brilliant Solutions

The newly launched Family Building Society has begun outsourcing its mortgage origination processing to...

Mortgage approvals on the rise again

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported that mortgage approval volumes recovered slightly in...

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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