Mortgages

Nationwide cuts 70% LTV rates

Nationwide Building Society is reducing the rates on all fixed and tracker mortgages available...

TBMC unveils new Mortgage Trust BTL range

TBMC has launched eight new buy-to-let mortgage schemes, which are available via limited distribution...

Leeds unveils five-year fix at 3.74%

The Leeds Building Society has made cuts of up to 0.25 basis points on...

Funding for Lending behind lending growth

House purchase lending in October grew by 10% compared to September as the Funding...

Quarterly growth in buy-to-let lending

The value of buy-to-let mortgages taken out in the third quarter of this year...

The Leeds makes rate reductions to three-year fixes

Leeds Building Society’s three-year fixed rate mortgage at 85% LTV has been reduced from...

Co-op throws down the gauntlet with FTB deal

The Co-operative Bank has targeted first time buyers with a new product. It has launched...

Rise in expat property activity in the UK

Connect Overseas is seeing growth in enquiries from brokers who have expatriate clients looking...

Post Office cuts mortgage rates

Post Office has reduced mortgage rates by up to 0.47 percentage points on a...

Average buy-to-let LTVs continue to increase

As the buy-to-let mortgage market has expanded more lenders are now offering higher loan-to-value...

PMS adds the Mansfield to panel

The Mansfield Building Society has been appointed to the lender panel of PMS. The...

New 60% LTV deals from the Chelsea

Chelsea Building Society has unveiled a new five-year fix at 2.94%. The brand is offering...

Sesame Bankhall adds Scottish BS to lender panels

Scottish Building Society has been added to the Sesame and PMS lender panels. The...

NatWest IS offers 2.99% five-year fix

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has cut the rate on its five-year fixed rate, 60% LTV,...

COMMENT

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...

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

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Click2Check adds ID verification to adviser compliance platform

Click2Check has added an identity verification service to its digital compliance platform, aimed at...

Atom points to growing near-prime hurdle for first-time buyers

First-time buyers with thin credit files or minor historic credit issues are becoming a...

Landlords move to regain possession before Renters’ Rights Act changes

Landlords stepped up possession activity in March as the 1 May implementation of the...

The Marsden appoints chief customer officer

Marsden Building Society has appointed Julia Brook as chief customer officer. Brook (pictured) will be...

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