Mortgages

Fall in gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending fell to £10.4 billion in January, according to the Council...

Virgin Money cuts rates

Virgin Money has made a number of rate reductions across its residential mortgage range.  Residential...

Aldermore makes let-to-buy move

Aldermore has launched into the let-to-buy mortgage market. It will allow homeowners to remortgage their...

The Skipton cuts rates

Skipton Building Society has cut rates on a selection of its residential and buy-to-let...

Co-op drops fee on five-year fix

The Co-operative Bank is removing the fee on its five-year fixed mortgage, available at...

The Teachers cuts rates by up 80 bps

The Teachers Building Society has reduced the rates on the majority of its mortgage...

Cambridge exclusive for PMS and Sesame

PMS members and appointed representatives of Sesame network now have access to two new,...

Mortgage costs still large part of monthly spending

Monthly mortgage expenditure make up 30% of an average household’s total outgoings, according to...

New fixes from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched four new residential fixed rate mortgage products. Rates on three...

Borrowers reminded to work out total cost of borrowing

MoneySupermarket has warned borrowers to look out for rising mortgage fees. This comes as...

Exclusive buy-to-let deals from Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has launched four exclusive buy-to-let products with rates starting from 4.44%...

L&G first network intermediary partner for Metro Bank

Metro Bank has partnered with Legal & General's Appointed Representative (AR) Network and its...

Mortgage market “open for business”

Ray Boulger of John Charcol has said that the launch of the first sub-4%...

Nationwide launches its lowest ever fixed rate

Nationwide Building Society has unveiled its lowest ever two-year fixed rate. Following the cuts of...

COMMENT

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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Coadjute joins FCA AI testing programme as conveyancers face tougher AML regime

Coadjute has joined the Financial Conduct Authority’s AI Live Testing programme as conveyancing firms...

Morrow hire to lead intermediary growth strategy

Morrow has appointed Amit Gupta as financial services director as it looks to expand...

Russell Quirk calls out broken transaction system

UK mortgage and property professionals have been urged to rethink the homebuying process after Russell...

Newcastle updates broker portal for faster product transfers

Newcastle for Intermediaries has upgraded its broker portal to make product transfers quicker and...

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