Remortgages

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...

Halifax cuts mortgage rates

Halifax has cut product rates across first-time buyer, home mover, Help to Buy Mortgage...

Rise in average amount of remortgage equity withdrawn

The value of monthly gross remortgage lending fell by 16% in February to £3.5bn,...

TSB Intermediary to offer remortgages

TSB Intermediary is expanding its mortgage range to include remortgages. In order to meet broker...

Rate cuts from Lloyds

Lloyds Bank has made rate cuts in its mortgage product range and has introduced...

The Leeds to allow Help to Buy remortgages

Leeds Building Society has become the first lender to accept remortgage applications from Help...

CML and BSA to work together

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has confirmed that it is partnering with the...

SFI changes mortgage pricing

Santander for Intermediaries (SFI) is making increases to a small number of products. The changes...

Many January remortgagors paying off Christmas debts

62% of remortgage customers in January remortgaged to take advantage of the new lower...
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COMMENT

Analysis

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...

Latest news

News

The Yorkshire appoints two non-executive directors

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

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...
First-time buyers

NHS workers priced out as affordability gap widens

Many NHS workers are being priced out of homeownership with average first-time buyer properties...
Appointments

Metro Bank strengthens specialist mortgage team

Metro Bank has expanded its specialist mortgage team with a series of appointments and...

PROFILES