Mortgages

Funding for Lending ‘pushing mortgage rates down’

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will want to see what impact...

Santander cuts mortgage rates

Santander has cut the rates on over 20 mortgage products in its range by...

AFI’s NewBuy rates reduced

Santander has reduced rates on its three, five and seven-year fixed rate NewBuy mortgages...

Virgin Money cuts resi and BTL rates

Virgin Money is cutting interest rates across a number of its residential and buy-to-let...

PMS and Sesame launch near prime exclusives

PMS members and appointed representatives of Sesame now have access to six new exclusive...

New key distributor products from Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has launched a series of exclusive products to its key distributors. The range...

NatWest unveils 2.95% five-year fix

NatWest has introduced a five-year fixed rate mortgage at 2.95%, available up to a...

The Loughborough teams up with Buildstore

Loughborough Building Society has partnered with self-build and renovation specialist BuildStore. Through BuildStore,...

The Leeds unveils 2.99% two-year fix

Leeds Building Society has launched a new two-year fixed rate mortgage, priced at 2.99%. It...

Affordability is still the issue

Summer may finally appear to be here as the sunshine makes something of a...

TBMC unveils new Accord buy-to-let exclusives

TBMC has launched two new buy-to-let exclusives from Accord Mortgages. There is a 3.25%...

Cambridge BTL exclusives for L&G Mortgage Club

Legal & General has launched a range of buy-to-let mortgages with the Cambridge Building...

Skipton replaces 10-year deal

Skipton Building Society is replacing another of its longer term fixed rate products due...

Accord reduces rates on five-year deals

Accord Mortgages has unveiled new 75% LTV five-year hybrid and fixed rate products, cutting...

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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