Remortgages

Remortgaging activity propping up slowing market

A total of 38,475 remortgage transactions were made in April, an 8% rise from...

TSB reduces remortgage rates

TSB has cut interest rates on selected remortgage deals by up to 15 basis points. This means...

Accord cuts buy-to-let remortgage rates

Accord Buy to Let has made reductions of 20 basis points on selected remortgage...

LMS: affordability worsening and rates expected to rise

The number of people remortgaging year-on-year in February rose by 35% to almost 44,000 according...

CML: home buying up slightly

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that in February, home buyers borrowed...

Home moving being blocked by finance issues

11% of mortgage customers - equivalent to around 1.2 million homeowners - have given...

Halifax unveils remortgage cashback offer

Halifax is offering £250 cashback for remortgaging from another mortgage provider.  Applications on qualifying mortgages must be...

Millions languishing on SVRs

L&C Mortgages has reported that 36% of homeowners (equating to four million people) are still on a...

Concentrate on remortgage market, brokers told

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has told an...

CML: ‘flattish’ mortgage market in January

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported that home buyers borrowed £8.4bn in...

New Accord remortgage deals remove upfront costs

Accord Mortgages has launched a pair of fixed rate mortgages with no up-front fees...

Tesco Bank cuts remortgage rates

Tesco Bank has cuts rates on a number of its two and five-year fixed rate remortgage deals. The new...

Q4 2016 surge in remortgaging

Paragon Mortgages has reported a a shift in type of mortgage borrower in 2016, with...

LMS: homeowners remortgaged every four years in January

LMS has reported that January saw the most frequent remortgaging since February 2009. The conveyancing service provider found...

COMMENT

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,...

Building societies need to start putting intelligence into motion

If you were at the Building Societies Association Annual Conference in Edinburgh last month , you could not have missed the optimism: the sector...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 21

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

Beyond the walk: Mortgage leaders talk mental health – part 20

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter's (MIMHC) third annual 144-mile Walk & Talk challenge finally came to an end on Friday 15th May as...

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UK risks two-tier energy transition without home investment

The UK risks creating a "two-tier" energy transition unless cleaner and smarter technologies are...

MSB solicitor recognised with Future Leader award at British LGBT Awards

MSB Solicitors is marking Pride Month after one of its solicitors was named Future...

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

Yorkshire Building Society has appointed Barry O’Dwyer and Philippa Brown as independent non-executive directors. The...

HSBC cuts rates across residential and buy-to-let mortgage ranges

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a broad selection of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

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