Mortgages

Leeds introduces rate cut on two-year fix

Leeds Building Society has cut the rate on its two-year fixed rate mortgage by...

Fall in gross mortgage lending

Total gross mortgage lending is fell to £10.5 billion in February, according to latest...

New 75% LTV fixes from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a new range of two and five-year fixed rates available...

Remortgagors opt for longer-term fixes

The highest average remortgage loan to value (LTV) recorded since January 2009 coincided with...

Housing market consumer sentiment improves

The Building Societies' Association's March Property Tracker reveals that access to mortgage finance as...

The Teachers improves buy-to-let product

The Teachers Building Society has improved the loan calculation on its buy-to-let mortgage...

The Chelsea improves two-year fix

Chelsea Building Society has lowered the rate of one of its two-year fixed rate...

FTB activity drives home purchase lending increase

House purchase lending recorded its highest January total since 2008, according to new data...

New AFI ‘seven-day special’

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (15 March) launch its latest 'seven-day special', available...

Majority of intermediaries expect lending rise in 2013

80% of intermediaries think there will be a rise in mortgage lending in 2013,...

Pair of 95% LTV deals from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has introduced new 95% loan to value mortgages. The two new...

New direct-only deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham Building Society has launched six new branch/direct exclusive residential mortgage products. Rates on...

New commitments up 3% in Q4 2012

The FSA has published its latest Mortgage Lending Data for the United Kingdom covering...

New buy-to-let deals from Accord Mortgages

Accord Mortgages has unveiled a new range of buy-to-let mortgages whilst cutting rates on...

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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