Remortgages

Best May for remortgaging in eight years

Monthly gross remortgage lending totalled £5bn in May 2016, according to LMS, up by...

16% have never changed their mortgage

2.5 million people in Britain, equivalent to 16% of all mortgage holders, have never...

Strong remortgage activity in May

LMS has revealed that 56% of those remortgaging in May took advantage of the...

Hinckley & Rugby lending figures aided by retentions

The Hinckley & Rugby Building Society beat its lending target in the first half of...

The Nationwide extends maximum borrowing age

The Nationwide Building Society's new maximum age for borrowing of 85 will apply to...

Kent Reliance to pay product transfer proc fee

Kent Reliance has unveiled its ‘Choices’ product transfer scheme that pays a procuration fee for brokers,...

April bounceback for remortgaging

Monthly gross remortgage lending rose to £6.4bn in April 2016, the largest amount since...

Slight shift in reasons for remortgaging

There was a fall of four percentage points in the number of people opting...

Remortgaging defies seasonal slowdown

The total number of valuations carried out in April rose 24% year-on-year – a...

19% rise in remortgage equity withdrawn

LMS has reported that the total amount of equity withdrawn by remortgaging rose by...

Major rises in purchase and remortgage activity

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that during February, home-owners borrowed £8.7bn...

New Street completes five-day mortgage app

For the first time, New Street Mortgages has issued a mortgage offer within five...

TSB unveils new deals to support ‘affordable’ housing

TSB is expanding its Affordable Housing offering available through brokers. Broadening its Help to...

Lloyds Bank launches online remortgage service

A new online service to provide increased ease for those looking to switch their...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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