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Virgin Money unveils new BTL exclusives

Virgin Money has made changes to its mortgage range, including the launch of a...

New BTL exclusives from Precise Mortgages

Precise Mortgages has launched a limited edition range of buy-to-let exclusives. New deals include the...

Mortgage rate movement stays unsettled

Mortgage rates remain unsettled with mixed movement seen for all main product types over...

Growing volumes of first-time buyer lending

First-time buyers accounted for 19% of intermediary business over the last three months, the...

New Flexx deals from the Coventry

Coventry for Intermediaries has unveiled a new residential range offering two and five-year Flexx-Fixed products and...

First Direct unveils new rates

First Direct has made rate changes across its mortgage range. Changes include reductions on a number...

Popularity of fixed rates approaching record levels

96% of homebuyers opted for fixed rate mortgages during September for a second successive...

Virgin Money cuts mortgage rates

Virgin Money has made to its residential mortgage range, including adding a a new intermediary...

TSB increases mortgage rates

TSB has changed the rates on its two and five-year fixed rate mortgages, two-year...

Brokers see strong preference for fixed rates

81% of new mortgage cases handled by intermediaries during the second quarter of 2015...

NatWest IS cuts residential rates

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has made rate cuts to a number of buy-to-let and higher LTV...

90% deals see large rate drops

Mortgage Brain’s latest quarterly product data analysis shows a further widespread drop in mortgage...

New mortgage permutations from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has added new deals to its mortgage offering. The latest products...

Nationwide to cut loyalty rate mortgages

The Nationwide Building Society will tomorrow (10 June) cut selected two and three-year fixed...

COMMENT

Mutual strength and the broker partnership

The mutual sector has always been associated with community purpose, local branches and a member-first approach that feels a little different to the wider...

First-time, accidental or professional? How the landlord profile is shifting in 2026

One of the most common misconceptions that people have about the buy-to-let market is that landlords are a single, uniform group. The reality is...

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Latest news

Mercantile Trust promotes Nina Kainth to head of sales

Mercantile Trust has promoted Nina Kainth to head of sales, bringing its business development...

Gatehouse exits BTR platform to fuel home finance growth

Gatehouse Financial Group has sold its build-to-rent platform to Apollo in a move designed...

Regulators set out framework for higher loan-to-income lending as cap is eased

The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have published proposals setting out how...

Planning delays and tax burden undermine housing viability, says RSM UK

RSM UK has called on government to reassess planning reforms and tax policy after...

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