Mortgages

Lower rates fuel remortgaging surge

66% of homeowners remortgaging an existing property in April did so to take advantage...

Growing positivity among adviser community

61% of First Complete mortgage and protection advisers feel more positive about the mortgage...

Paradigm’s next round table to be in Birmingham

Paradigm Mortgage Services is to hold its third mortgage round table event of the...

Nationwide makes widespread rate cuts

Nationwide has cut all of its rates at 75% loan to value (LTV) and...

NatWest IS to accept Help to Buy and NewBuy applications

NatWest Intermediary Solutions will be accepting mortgage applications from intermediary clients using the Help...

Economic uncertainly behind longer-term fix popularity

Yorkshire Building Society claims latest independent research backs up its own findings that more...

Trio of new 80% deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has launched three 80% loan to value products. The new products are: Two-year fixed...

New 95% deal from Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have unveiled new lower fixed rate mortgages. First...

Pink conferences want stronger lender-adviser relationships

Pink is holding a series of business development conferences around the country this month...

Mortgage market needs more choice and differentiation

Only 20% of people believe the current range of mortgage products provide enough choice...

TenetLime outlines adviser roadshow schedule

TenetLime has published details of an eight-strong schedule of mortgage, GI and protection roadshows...

“Building societies showing the way” says packager

Solent Mortgage Services (SMS) has said the recent move by Melton Mowbray Building Society...

Accord reduces rates on certain BTL deals

Accord Mortgages has cut the rates on selected buy-to-let products by up to 0.30...

New deals from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has unveiled a new range of fee-free products at 85%...

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,...

Latest news

Skipton loses former Connells chief’s discrimination case

Skipton Group Holdings and Connells have lost an employment tribunal case brought by former...

IMLA supports flexible mortgage rules but says housing supply remains key

Mortgage lenders have backed proposals to give first-time buyers and other underserved borrowers greater...

Mortgage borrowing jumps to £7.7bn

Net mortgage borrowing more than doubled to £7.7bn in June, up from £3.3bn in...

AMI says mortgage rule reforms must keep advice at their core

Proposals to give lenders greater flexibility must be supported by mortgage advice if they...

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