Remortgages

Remortgaging boosted by strong and stable government expectations

LMS has reported that remortgaging volumes rose in May with borrowers encouraged by the...

TSB cuts five-year remortgage rates

TSB Bank has reduced the interest rate by 0.10 percentage points on the five-year...

Tesco Bank offers new five-year fixed rate remortgage deal

Tesco Bank has introduced a new five-year fixed rate remortgage product. The Bank has also...

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...

COMMENT

Mortgage maturity: A golden opportunity for advisers

Around 1.8 million fixed-rate mortgage deals are due to come to an end in 2026, adding to the 1.6 million mortgages that already matured...

Rates are moving and regulation is evolving

Many lenders are having to increase their rates, and that trend looks set to continue over the coming week. For clients whose current deal...

Building tomorrow’s mortgage market: AI built on trust, governance and confidence

The government's Financial Services AI Adoption Plan, led by Harriet Rees, group chief information officer at Starling Bank, and Dr Rohit Dhawan, group director...

The protection prompt: what AI still needs to get right

The Mills Review has prompted plenty of discussion across the mortgage industry. While much of the focus has been on the finding that a...

Why second charges are helping Right to Buy borrowers do more with their home

For many people, Right to Buy is still one of the most accessible ways to become a homeowner and over the last five years,...

Latest news

Exeter Leukaemia Fund wins £20,000 MAB grant

The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation has awarded its one-off £20,000 Extra Funding Grant to...

No-deposit mortgages carry £73,000 London interest premium

London first-time buyers using a no-deposit mortgage could pay more than £73,000 in additional...

Conveyancing Association begins search for new chair

Nicky Heathcote is to step down as non-executive chair of the Conveyancing Association as...

Overseas funds used by almost one in 10 home buyers

Almost one in 10 home buyers use money originating overseas to fund all or...

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