Mortgages

NatWest adds new core and corporate mortgage deals

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has introduced new purchase and remortgage deals to its core and...

Bank of Mum & Dad being tapped up by ‘second steppers’

16% of 'second steppers' - homeowners looking to sell their first home and move...

M&S Bank details revealed

Marks & Spencer has confirmed details of its summer launch for M&S Bank. Over the...

The Leeds unveils new buy-to-let deals

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let deal at...

M&S to offer mortgages: reports

Marks & Spencer is to launch its own shop-based bank, according to reports. Industry organ...

Two-million pound houses to disappear from market?

A law firm has claimed that proposed changes to high value property taxation means...

The Yorkshire to cut 90% LTV rates

Yorkshire Building Society is cutting fixed rates on 90% LTV products by up to...

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks in fee-free move

Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks will offer a fee-free mortgage offer from 11 June. The Banks...

The Teachers adds feature following broker feedback

Teachers Building Society has introduced an option to add arrangement fees to the mortgage. ...

Virgin Money revises interest-only policy

Virgin Money has amended its policy on interest-only residential mortgage lending and will now...

Mutuals’ lending and approvals increase in April

Gross mortgage lending by building societies and other mutual lenders increased 23% in April...

Barclays to mop up customers with rate cuts, says uSwitch

Barclays has cut the majority of its two year fixed rates mortgages by up...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has cut the interest rates on a number of its fixed rate...

New four-year deal from Nationwide

Nationwide has launched a new four-year Flexclusive fixed rate mortgage for both homebuyers and...

COMMENT

The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

Latest news

Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

Halifax has once again been named the best overall lender for broker experience in...

Nationwide cuts switcher mortgage rates for existing borrowers

Nationwide is reducing rates across its switcher mortgage range for existing customers by up...

Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

Hinckley & Rugby for intermediaries has launched four two-year discount visa mortgage products across...

NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

NatWest has expanded its intermediary leadership team with the creation of two new corporate...

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