Mortgages

32% to still be paying mortgage in their 60s

A third of homeowners with repayment mortgages will not have finished repaying the property...

Virgin Money offers new 75% LTV buy-to-let deals

Virgin Money has increased its maximum buy-to-let LTV from 70% to 75% and has...

The Teachers broadens its offering

The Teachers Building Society has launched two new deals and lowered the rate on...

Over 11,000 high LTV mortgages completed in February

Lending to high LTV borrowers reached a six-year high in February, as monthly high...

CML reports seasonal dip on lending

The total number of home-owner loans for house purchase in January 2014 was down...

Stonebridge added to Magellan panel

Stonebridge Mortgage Solutions, the network arm of Stonebridge Group, has been appointed to the...

Worrying lack of shopping around revealed

Research from Which? Mortgage Advisers shows that people aren’t doing their homework when choosing...

NatWest seeks to increase buy-to-let presence with new range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched a pair of new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages...

David Copland heads up new packager

LSL Property Services has launched a new packager. The Mortgage Processing Centre will be...

Six year high for FTB lending

Lending to first-time buyers in the final quarter of 2013 was at its highest...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new broker website

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has relaunched its website with improved features for brokers.   The site...

Openwork goes on the road

Openwork is hosting a series of mortgage, protection and general insurance road shows across...

CMC offers new Precise BTL deals

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has launched new buy-to-let products through its partnership with Precise...

SFI to cut tracker rates

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) will tomorrow cut the rates on certain two-year trackers, which...

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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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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