Remortgages

Mortgage approvals rose last month

The British Bankers Association (BBA) has reported that there was a significant rise in...

The Teachers’ Help to Buy now available for remortgage

The Teachers Building Society has widened the availability of its Help to Buy mortgage,...

‘Mortgage prisoners’ targeted by Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries is offering mortgage prisoners the chance to remortgage under the terms...

FTB loans down 5% year-on-year

Total number of loans advanced to first-time buyers in March was 23,000 - up 20%...

The Mansfield targets increased volumes

The Mansfield Building Society has launched two new fixed rate and one new discounted...

Homeowners seek to cash in equity gains

Homeowners are looking to cash in over £9,000 of equity gains made over the...

‘Price war’ driving remortgage interest

16% of homeowners are considering remortgaging over the next six months, according to new research...

New three-year discount deal from Saffron For Intermediaries

Saffron For Intermediaries has launched a 1.95% three-year discount mortgage with no arrangement fee. It...

April activity up despite general election uncertainty

Housing market activity in April was stronger across the board than at the same...

LMS: eight in 10 remortgagors switch lenders

82% of borrowers who remortgaged in March did so to switch lenders to get...

Two-year low in value of remortgage lending

The value of monthly gross remortgage lending saw a slight decrease to £3.3bn in...

Two-thirds of all BTL transactions are now remortgages

In the first quarter of 2015, 66% of mortgages against standard or ‘vanilla’ buy-to-let...

New residential fixes from the Mansfield

The Mansfield Building Society has launched two new fixed rate products into its residential...

Shrewd borrowers shopping around remortgage deals

65% of those who remortgaged their properties in February did so in order to...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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