Mortgages

Virgin Money cuts a number of Northern Rock rates

Virgin Money has cut interest rates across a selection of its Northern Rock residential...

Barclays to cut rates tomorrow

Barclays is cutting a number of mortgage rates by up to 0.30 percentage points...

Funding for Lending likely to have implications for MPC voting

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted unanimously in favour of both...

Mortgage activity bounces back

Mortgage activity was back up in July, according to the latest National Mortgage Index...

The Cambridge raises SVR

The Cambridge Building Society has increased its Standard Variable Rate (SVR) on both...

The Leeds helps FTBs with new shared ownership offering

Leeds Building Society has unveiled a new shared ownership mortgage product aimed at helping...

Skipton makes rate cuts

Skipton Building Society has made changes to a number of its two, three and...

New longer-term fixes from the Manchester

The Manchester Building Society has added a residential product and two buy-to-let long term...

First-time buyer activity “showing signs of resilience”

First-time buyer activity assisted in propping up lending for house purchase in June, according...

Virgin Money offers first exclusives via Openwork

Openwork has launched a range of exclusive fixed rate products from Virgin Money. The new...

95% mortgages for Darlington scheme buyers

Darlington Building Society and Tees Valley Housing have joined forces to provide a 95%...

Post Office cuts rates

The Post Office is reducing its rates by up to 0.40 percentage points on...

July lending makes up for poor June figures

The latest Mortgage Monitor from e.surv chartered surveyors has reported a 12% increase in...

New first-time buyer deal from NatWest

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has unveiled a new first-time buyer purchase mortgage in its current...

COMMENT

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

We need to wait to get a clearer picture

It's been a week where the political and economic backdrop has moved almost as fast as rates themselves, and it's worth taking stock of...

Leasehold valuation reform: the consultation is asking only half the question

The Government's consultation on leasehold enfranchisement valuation rates is important because it will help determine what leaseholders pay to extend leases or buy freeholds,...

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems...

Why you need to know what sits behind the average review score

There’s a funny thing about review scores. The better they are, the less likely we are to question them. If a company is sitting at...

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Millions of households exposed to financial shocks despite apparent stability

Millions of UK households that appear financially secure could struggle to absorb an unexpected...

The Mortgage Hut adopts Instamo tool to speed up mortgage applications

The Mortgage Hut has introduced Instamo's FastSubmit technology to reduce the amount of manual...

FCA sets out timetable for major expansion of anti-money laundering supervision

The FCA expects to begin taking over anti-money laundering supervision of legal, accountancy and...

MAB revenue rises as refinancing drives mortgage completions

Mortgage Advice Bureau reported an 8.6% increase in first-half revenue to £161.0m as higher...

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