Remortgages

Five-year fix most popular remo rate in April

48% of consumers took out a five-year fixed rate product – the most popular...

TSB cuts purchase and remortgage rates

TSB Bank has reduced interest rates by up to 0.10 percentage points on mortgages...

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...

COMMENT

Kevin Tunnicliffe on ending the race to the bottom

This was always going to be a tricky interview. I’ve known Kevin Tunnicliffe, chief executive officer of Sort Group, which includes Sort Refer, for...

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts limited company buy-to-let rates for brokers

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced selected limited company buy-to-let rates by up to 20...

Paragon Bank introduces limited edition 60% LTV buy-to-let products

Paragon Bank has expanded its buy-to-let range with a new tranche of 60% loan-to-value...

TwentyCi hires Nick Huntley to lead sales at TwentyEA and TwentyConvey

TwentyCi has appointed Nick Huntley as sales director for TwentyEA and TwentyConvey as the...

HSBC cuts mortgage rates by up to 34bps across core ranges

HSBC UK has reduced mortgage rates across its product range, with cuts of up...

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