Mortgages

YBS reduces tracker rates

Yorkshire Building Society has cut rates on selected tracker mortgages. Cuts are being introduced on...

Mortgage market slipping back to “dismal levels” of 2010/11

House purchase loans in August fell 8% year-on-year to 48,913, according to the latest...

Seven-year deal and rate cuts from Halifax Intermediaries

Halifax Intermediaries has announced the launch of a new seven-year, no product fee mortgage...

Home movers behind lending rise

An increase in lending to home movers was the key reason behind an increase...

Nationwide supports MI New Home

Nationwide Building Society is offering products under the new MI New Home scheme, which...

Remortgage market remains stagnant

Borrowers are staying on SVRs according to latest Halifax research. The lender has found that...

Newcastle offers new five-year fix

Newcastle Building Society (NBS) has launched a new five-year fixed rate mortgage at 3.99%. It...

Slight quarterly rise in new advances

The total value of outstanding loans at the end of Q2 of this year...

FTBs expect 10 years of deposit saving

47% of prospective first time buyers expect it will take a decade or more...

New-build putting people off NewBuy

There is still low awareness of the government's NewBuy scheme, six months after its...

10 for 10 promo over

Accord Mortgages' '10 for 10' product promotion is now closed. The Yorkshire Building Society lender...

New 2.84% fixed rate from the Yorkshire

Yorkshire Building Society has launched a two-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.84% as part...

New deals and rate cuts from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a new two-year fix at2.79%, and cut rates...

Leeds exclusive fixes for PMS and Sesame

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

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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