Remortgages

6% rise in intermediary mortgage activity

Mortgage intermediaries wrote more business during the first quarter of 2019, according to Paragon’s...

Sainsbury’s Bank announces widespread rate changes

Sainsbury’s Bank has made a number fo changes to its residential & buy-to-let product...

Mortgage borrowing up £4.1bn month-on-month

Mortgage market activity picked up in March, following a weak February, according to latest...

15% of parents remortgage to support their children

MoneySuperMarket has revealed that that one in six parents who remortgage their property use the opportunity...

LMS pilots remortgage case updates

LMS has launched the pilot phase of its new case updates solution for brokers...

Doubt over mainstream lenders’ commitment to non-standard borrowers

Just 9% of mortgage brokers think high-street lenders have become more understanding towards non-standard...

Barclays cuts rates and adds new 70% LTV deals

Barclays is making changes to its residential, buy-to-let and Reward ranges tomorrow (Thursday 11...

Buy-to-let remortgage transaction levels set to fall

Paragon has claimed that higher tax costs will lead to a lower level of...

TSB unveils new tracker and remortgage products

TSB Bank has introduced a new two-year buy-to-let tracker product for remortgage and house...

London remortgaging at 10-year high

UK Finance has revealed that there were 11,000 new first-time buyer mortgages completed in...

New residential deals from the Nottingham

The Nottingham for Intermediaries has unveiled new residential mortgages. The products, available for purchases and...

Kensington unveils new Select remortgage and large loan products

Kensington Mortgages has introduced new remortgage and large loan products for its Select range. These...

Revisit ‘mortgage prisoners’, advisers urged

Essex based mortgage brokerage CLS Money has told advisers that they should revisit all of their...

TSB offers cashback on remortgages

TSB is offering customers the option to receive £300 cashback as an alternative to...

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Why predicting 2025 interest rates feels like a fool’s errand

In my first (and for some reason clearly not my last) article last month, I attempted (perhaps foolishly) to discuss where rates might go...

Helping university students onto the property ladder

As we head towards the Easter break, thousands of first-year university students up and down the country will be preparing for exams and making...

Lenders must step up on high LTV products

Things are on the up for borrowers with a smaller deposit. The financial information website Moneyfacts publishes a regular update on mortgage product numbers,...

Why it matters that bridging hit more than £10bn last year

We see many numbers bandied around in the financial industry, which can sometimes have a numbing effect. So why should we all, especially brokers, care...

Top five reasons why renters should consider short-term protection insurance

In an unpredictable world, financial security can often feel like a luxury, especially for renters who may already juggle living expenses, rent payments, and...

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Seven out of 10 homebuyers likely to miss stamp duty deadline

Seven out of 10 (71%) homebuyers with accepted offers expect to miss the 31st...

First-time buyer mortgage sales declined in London over the past decade

First-time buyer mortgage sales in London declined significantly between 2013 and 2023, as increasing...

UTB appoints BDM for the north and Scotland

Fran Arnold has joined the sales team at United Trust Bank Mortgages as business...

International demand for UK property investment ‘more diverse than expected’

The UK property market is attracting investment from a much broader range of international...