Mortgages

The Hinckley & Rugby introduces new five-year fix

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society has reintroduced its five year fixed rate mortgage at...

Demand is strengthening: MAB

Mortgage Advice Bureau's (MAB) National Mortgage Index found the total number of applications increased...

HSBC reduces rates on fixed mortgages

HSBC has made a number of rate reductions on its fixed rate mortgages. The changes...

NatWest IS rejigs mortgage range

NatWest Intermediary Solutions is making changes to its intermediary mortgage range. Current Account range: A range...

Nationwide cuts tracker and fixed rates

Nationwide Building Society is cutting rates across the majority of its fixed rate mortgages...

Precise unveils prime broker exclusives

Precise Mortgages has launched a new product range, with which it hopes to break...

YBS cuts 75% and 90% LTV direct rates

Yorkshire Building Society has reduced a number rates at 75% and 90% LTV by...

Underwriting is too rigid: Paradigm

Paradigm Mortgage Services is urging mortgage lenders to adopt a more individual and personal...

Platform cuts rates

Platform has cut rates on a number of residential mortgage products. These include two and...

Interest-only to become niche product?

Nationwide Building Society has become the latest lender to pull out of interest-only for...

TBMC unveils 2-year BTL fix up to 75% LTV

TBMC is offering a new two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage, funded by the Skipton...

New deals from Abbey For Intermediaries

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched two new Key Account exclusives and cut rates...

First broker passes Castle Trust training course

Kate Baker of mortgage advisers John Charcol has become the first adviser to complete...

Newlife improves lifetime deal and adds new 65+ product

Newlife has launched the 65+Mortgage with a free standard remortgage legal package. The product is...

COMMENT

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...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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