Mortgages

Significant fall in house sales from mortgage difficulties

The number of homes given up in England each year between 2010 and 2012...

New intermediary deals from the Coventry

Coventry Intermediaries has launched a set of three-year products all priced at 2.69%. The...

The Yorkshire cuts fees

The Yorkshire Building Society has reduced its mortgage fees. The mutual has cut £150 from...

New deals from NatWest Intermediary Solutions

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has launched two new 60% LTV deals and reintroducing a 90%...

The Chelsea unveils 1.74% two-year fix

Chelsea Building Society's latest two-year fixed rate deal is available at 1.74% up to...

Aldermore cuts BTL and NewBuy rates

Aldermore has cut the rates on a selection of its buy-to-let and NewBuy mortgage...

New ‘seven day special’ from AFI

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) will tomorrow (8 March) launch a new 'seven day special',...

Saffron creates dedicated intermediary channel

Saffron Building Society has launched a dedicated intermediary lending channel and a new range...

TBMC offers its lowest ever buy-to-let rate

TBMC has launched two new exclusive buy-to-let mortgages in conjunction with the Hinckley &...

Ecology improves maximum LTVs

Ecology Building Society has launched an updated C-Change sustainable homes scheme, offering interest rate...

Virgin Money cuts rates

Virgin Money has made further rate reductions across its residential mortgage range. Key changes are...

Aldermore opens up criteria

Aldermore has made changes to its residential and buy-to-let lending criteria to allow full...

Connect Mortgage Club launches new Metro Bank BTL deals

Connect Mortgage Club (CMC) has launched new buy-to-let products through its partnership with Metro...

25% year-on-year rise in mutual lending

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders was £2.4 billion in...

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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