Mortgages

Strong growth in remortgaging

Monthly gross remortgage lending rose by £576m in May to £3.9bn, according to latest...

Making light work of the MMR

As mortgage availability improves and last year’s concerns over the threat of dual pricing...

Let’s not ‘innovate’ ourselves into another disaster

I’ve written before about the use of the word ‘innovation’ in the mortgage marketplace...

Precise Mortgages revamps home owner proposition

Precise Mortgages has simplified its Home Owner range. Rates have been cut and now start...

New Chelsea fix at 1.64%

Chelsea Building Society has made further reductions to its mortgage range. Its offering now includes...

Fixes at lowest levels since the credit crunch began

May was the cheapest month for fixed rate mortgages since the onset of the...

Widespread rate cuts from Barclays

Barclays is reducing mortgage rates by up to 70 basis points and launching new...

Lowest ever fixed rate for The Mortgage Works

The Mortgage Works (TMW) will tomorrow (21 June) unveil its lowest ever fixed rate...

21% rise in gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending in May increased to an estimated £14.7 billion, according to...

Mortgages for Business launches Metro Bank BTL exclusives

Mortgages for Business is now offering two exclusive buy-to-let mortgage products from Metro...

Accord the latest lender to offer seven-day deals

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a seven day promotion. The lender is offering eight products with...

Post Office wants major growth in its mortgage lending

The Post Office has revealed it wants to lend £2.5 billion in mortgage by...

The Yorkshire offers 10-year deal at 3.89% – free free

Yorkshire Building Society is making price reductions to its longer term products. From 20 June...

35% of landlords say buy-to-let finance is more available

The proportion of landlords who think that buy-to-let finance is more freely available is...
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COMMENT

Opinions & blogs

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...

Why the government’s housing ambitions won’t fix the affordability crisis

With the bidding open for the government’s £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme - the main pillar of its long-term housing strategy - homebuying...

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The Mortgage Works cuts buy-to-let rates on selected new business deals

The Mortgage Works is cutting selected buy-to-let and let-to-buy rates by up to 0.20...
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Primis promotes three in push to expand recruitment and regional broker support

Primis has promoted three senior executives as it seeks to recruit more adviser firms...
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Santander cuts higher LTV rates for first-time buyers and home movers

Santander is cutting selected fixed mortgage rates across its first-time buyer, home mover and...
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Virgin Money cuts fixed rates and raises selected tracker pricing

Virgin Money is reducing fixed mortgage rates across purchase, remortgage and selected buy-to-let product...

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