Mortgages

The Skipton unveils new deals

The Skipton Building Society has launched a new range of mortgages.  Key deals are as...

New BTL range from Virgin Money

Virgin Money will improve its buy-to-let mortgage offering on Tuesday 3 December. New buy-to-let fixed...

New 80%-90% LTV deals from SfI

Santander for Intermediaries is launching a new range of higher loan–to–value (LTV) products on...

Majority of landlords plan to expand portfolios

Mortgages for Business has forecast that buy-to-let lending will reach £25 billion by the...

New mortgages from the Post Office

The Post Office has today launched a range of new mortgage products. The new deals...

BoE reports rise in mortgage approvals

The Bank of England has revealed that loan approvals for house purchase numbered 67,701...

No more Funding for Lending help for mortgages

The Bank of England and the Treasury have changed the terms of the Funding...

The Nottingham offers more to intermediaries

The Nottingham Building Society has cut the rate on its three-year discounted rate 80%...

New three-year exclusive from the Cambridge

The Cambridge Building Society has launched an exclusive three-year fixed rate product to members...

Paragon posts record profits

The Paragon Group has reported a 90.5% growth in buy-to-let loans for the year...

RBS Intermediary Partners to relaunch next week

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group will re-launch RBS IP on Monday (2...

BBA: 32% year-on-year rise in gross mortgage borrowing

The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has reported gross mortgage borrowing of £9.9bn in October,...

Remortgage lending up nearly 30% year-on-year

Monthly gross remortgage lending increased by £26m in October to £4.73bn, according to LMS....

Gross mortgage lending at five-year high

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has estimated that total gross mortgage lending increased...

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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Foundation backs complex Oxfordshire holiday-let purchase

Foundation has provided a £153,700 mortgage for an experienced landlord buying a newly developed...

Openwork adds Perenna and West One to mortgage panel

The Openwork Partnership has added Perenna and West One to its mortgage lending panel,...

Bank of England holds rate at 3.75% as energy risks cloud outlook

The Bank of England has kept Bank Rate at 3.75% amid concern that higher...

TML and Bluestone cut selected residential mortgage rates

The Mortgage Lender and Bluestone Mortgages have reduced selected residential mortgage rates by up...

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