Mortgages

The Yorkshire cuts wide selection of rates

Yorkshire Building Society is reducing interest rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on...

The Mortgage Alliance expands lending panel

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has added Precise Mortgages to its lender panel. Through TMA, Directly...

New deals from NatWest IS

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has added a number of new deals to its Core range...

Strong results from the Leeds

2012 saw net residential lending at Leeds Building Society reach almost two and a...

New fixes from the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have introduced new two and five year fixed rates. They are...

Complete FS reveals 10th anniversary Expo plans

Specialist distributor Complete FS is to hold its 2013 Expo on 19 June at...

6% year-on-year fall in mortgage approvals

Gross mortgage borrowing of £7.8bn in February was above the recent monthly average, according...

Kent Reliance unveils deal for ‘next time buyers’

Kent Reliance has launched a 95% LTV 'next time buyer' mortgage aimed at existing...

Fall in gross remortgage lending

Monthly gross remortgage lending fell by £325 million in February to £2.6 billion, according...

Balls slams ‘subsidised second home’ scheme

Ed Balls, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, has criticised the fact that the government's mortgage scheme...

91% rise in Teachers’ new lending

The Teachers Building Society has published its annual results for 2012. New lending was...

New AFI seven-day special imminent

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) is to another seven day special tomorrow, available exclusively through...

AMI focuses on positives in Budget

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) believes the Budget gives "more than a shot...

BUDGET 2013: Help to Buy scheme unveiled

In the Budget, George Osborne outlined details of the new 'Help to Buy' scheme. It...

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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