Mortgages

Acceleration in buy-to-let remortgaging

Remortgaging now represents the greatest proportion of landlords’ mortgage activity since Q2 2013, according...

Universal Cover criteria extended

British Money, the firm behind the newly-launched protection policy Universal Cover, has extended its...

Fall in FCA complaints

Barclays Bank Plc has once again topped the table for complaints. The bank received...

Lenders publish postcode data

Major mortgage lenders have released updated figures for their total outstanding residential mortgage lending,...

The Mansfield cuts rate on 95% discount scheme

The Mansfield Building Society has relaunched its 95% discounted rate product for clients in...

The Saffron outlines MMR approach

Saffron Building Society claims it will be ready to implement the changes required by...

Smee calls for regulator to exercise patience

Paul Smee, the director general of the council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), has urged...

Two new roles at Magellan

Magellan Homeloans says it is strengthening the support it provides to intermediaries with the...

NatWest to offer Saturday LiveTALK

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is this weekend introducing a new Saturday opening for LiveTALK, its...

Leeds: we’re MMR-ready from 14 April

Leeds Building Society says it will be compliant with the new regulations under the...

SFI unveils criteria for self-employed BTL

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) will next week open its buy-to-let criteria to self-employed applicants...

New BTL deal from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched its latest buy-to-let product, a two-year discounted deal....

TenetLime expands lender panel

TenetLime has confirmed Teachers Building Society (TBS) as the latest addition to its panel...

New range from the H&R

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has launched two new mortgages and cut the rate...

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,...

Latest news

Homeowners delay energy upgrades amid confusion over EPC ratings

More than two-fifths of UK homeowners have delayed or are considering delaying energy-efficiency improvements,...

Lengthy completions put mortgage offers under pressure

Homebuyers face an average five-month wait between agreeing a sale and completing, increasing the...

Insured expats still face barriers to healthcare

More than half of insured expatriates have delayed or gone without necessary healthcare because...

Mortgage lending rebounds but book growth lags

UK mortgage gross lending increased by more than a fifth during 2025, although substantially...

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