Mortgages

Skipton replaces 10-year deal

Skipton Building Society is replacing another of its longer term fixed rate products due...

Accord reduces rates on five-year deals

Accord Mortgages has unveiled new 75% LTV five-year hybrid and fixed rate products, cutting...

First direct makes rate cuts

First direct has reduced rates on all of its standard and fee free mortgage...

Blemain: BTL seconds up 40%

Blemain Finance has claimed that buy-to-let second charge lending has risen by 40% in...

New BTL range from Coventry Intermediaries

Coventry Intermediaries has launched buy-to-let deals with flat fees and no ERCs The new range...

Aldermore unveils limited edition buy-to-let deals

Aldermore Residential Mortgages has launched a range of limited edition buy-to-let remortgage deals. They are...

Halifax Intermediaries cuts rates

Halifax Intermediaries has reduced rates across its mortgage range. A 90% LTV two-year fixed rate...

Barclays the latest to cut rates

Barclays is reducing the rates on six of its fixed rates mortgages by up...

Nationwide reduces fixed and tracker rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting fixed and tracker rates by up to 0.40 percentage...

Slump in mortgage approvals last month

Gross mortgage lending of £7.2 billion in June was below the six-month average and...

Average rental yields are over 6.0%: TBMC

In the second quarter of 2012 the average buy-to-let variable rate was 4.10% compared...

Portfolio expansion driving buy-to-let market

There has been a rise in landlord clients applying for buy-to-let mortgages to expand...

Virgin Money to buy NRAM assets

Virgin Money is to buy £465 million of NRAM mortgage assets from UK Asset...

All 99 and no flake

The news a couple of months ago of the resignation of Adrian Bloomfield from...

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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